Playing Not To Lose

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A lot of us want to succeed, but we are playing it too safe. Success does not come from playing a safe game. Success does not come from playing not to get hurt. Success does not come from play not to make mistakes.

Playing a safe game is playing to be comfortable. Playing a safe game is playing to remain in your comfort zone. But if you want to move yourself to the next level, if you want to grow, to be successful, to be happier, to be healthier, you MUST be ready to play the real game.

You cannot win at anything unless you are ready to be uncomfortable. You cannot win at anything unless you are ready to do things differently. If you keep doing the same thing over and over again, you will continue to get the same old, boring results.

If you change what you are doing, how you are doing it, the result will change.

“It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.”- Richard M. Devos

Don’t play a safe game, play it differently, and you will get a different result. If you play it safe, you will be safe, but nothing will happen in your life. There will be no growth.

You will always win if you are ready to get dirty, to be honest with yourself. Doing something the first time is scary, and it will always be scary. But don’t let that stop you from facing your fears. Don’t let that stop you from aggressively pursuing your dreams. If you don’t do it, no one will do it for you.

Success is within your reach, but ready to be uncomfortable.

16 Success Quotes

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Success is hard to define. It is subjective. It is not about money. It means different things to different people. What success means to me is not what it means to another person.

To some people, success is all about making money, buying nice things, living in a big home. But to others, success could mean spending time with family, playing with kids, driving kids to games, or just having fun with friends.

But one thing is clear: success is a state of mind. Success starts in your mind.

It is not about money. It is about you. It is about your mind. It is about how you see and carry yourself.

Here are 16 quotes That I put together for you to read, digest, and put to work:

Success in the end erases all the mistakes along the way.”- Chinese proverb

Success is not the position you stand, but the direction in which you took.”- Unknown

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that other throw at him.”- David Brinkley

Success isn’t permanent, and failure isn’t fatal.”- Mike Ditka

“The difference between the ones who make and the ones who don’t is quitting.”- Jeff Goins

“Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.”– Mike Ditka

“Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one’s origins and one’s final achievement.”- Michael Korda

To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.”- Michael Korda

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”- Michael Korda

“Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking yourself as a success.”- Dr. Joyce Brothers

“A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.”- Dr. Joyce Brothers

“Too often the shortcut, the line of least resistance, is responsible for evanescent and unsatisfactory success.”- Louis Binstock

When all is said and done, success without happiness is the worst kind of failure.”– Louis Binstock

“Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.”- W. Clement Stone