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The Point Of Losing Is To Avoid It

Name: The Point Of Losing Is To Avoid It
Uploaded: 2026-01-27T03:30:00+00:00
Duration: 37 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this reflective monologue, the speaker recounts a spontaneous text exchange with a world champion about retiring while still at the top of his game…

27 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this reflective monologue, the speaker recounts a spontaneous text exchange with a world champion about retiring while still at the top of his game. The champion suggests that the speaker should consider the lessons learned from losing, which triggers the speaker’s frustration. The speaker argues that losing only teaches the single lesson of avoidance, and that true champions become champions by first experiencing loss, learning to avoid it, and then moving beyond it. Consequently, the speaker contends that attempting to relearn lessons from loss is redundant, akin to revisiting a defeated boss after already moving on.

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I was talking to a world champion and I texted him out of the blue because I woke up thinking about him and I was like, hey man, I just want you to know, I think you should just win this next championship and cut it. Leave on top. Leave with people being like, man, he could take it again the next year if he wanted to, but he chose not to because he's above the game. And he responded by saying, well, what about the lessons you learned from losing? And that answer pissed me off so much because losing only teaches one lesson, which is to avoid it. He became a champion by losing first and learning to avoid it, which made him champion. And so trying to relearn the lessons of loss is like saying I want to go down 2 levels to learn to beat the same boss again, but you already beat that boss and you already moved on from it.