BEING A WINNER

TYPES OF PERSONALITY
 Four kinds of people:

 1. Those who make things happen

 2. Those who watch things happen
 3. Those who wonder what happened
 4. Those who don't know that anything happened

There is a quote which reads.........

“There are people who make things happen,
There are people who watch things happen and
There are people who ask “what happened”.
Some win, some lose, depending on how much they develop their personalities every day.
 TYPES OF PERSONALITY
 THE EXTROVERT
 Bold, daring, fun loving, always communicating first
 THE ENTROVERT
 Reserved, shy and responding to communication
 THE POSITIVE
 Charged, willing to take chances.
 THE NEGATIVE
 Negative, rarely smiles, blames others instead of taking
charge.

Some win, some lose, depending on how much they develop their personalities every day.
Let's define the term "winner":
 The most common definition is
"the person or team with the best score (i.e. points,
goals, runs, time, etc.)."
 A better definition of a winner is
"someone who gives 100 percent of their effort in
preparation for and during competition.“
 However, winning involves more than just beating
your opponent on the scoreboard.

When you're a winner you're always happy,

but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.
 WINNERS versus LOSERS
The winner is always part of the
answer.
The winner always has a programme.
The winner says, “Let me do it for you”.
The winner sees an answer for every
problem.
The winner says, “It may be difficult
but it is possible”.
When a winner makes a mistake, he
says, “I am wrong”.
A winner makes commitments.
Winners have dreams.
Winners say, “I must do something”.
Winners are a part of the team.
Winners see the gain.
The loser is always part of the problem.
The loser always has an excuse.
The loser says, “That is not my job”.
The loser sees a problem for every
answer.
The loser says, “It may be possible but
it is difficult”.
When a loser makes a mistake, he
says, “It isn’t my fault”.
A loser makes promises.
Losers have schemes.
Losers say, “Something must be done”.
Losers are apart from the team.
Losers see the pain.
 WINNERS versus LOSERS
Winners see possibilities. Losers see problems.

Winners believe in win / win. Losers believe for them to win

someone has to lose.

Winners see the potential. Losers see the past.

Winners choose what they say. Losers say what they choose.

Winners use hard arguments but soft Losers use soft argument but hard
words. words.

Winners stand firm on values but Losers stand firm on petty things but
compromise on petty things. compromise on values.

Winners make it happen. Losers let it happen.

 Ten Qualities of a Total Winner
Qualities Winners Self-talk Losers Say
Attitude Qualities
1. Positive Self-Expectancy
Overall attitude of personal optimism
and enthusiasm. Winners understand I was good today. I'll be better With my luck, I was
the psychosomatic relationship: mind tomorrow bound to fail.
and body-that the body expresses
what the mind is concerned with.

2. Positive Self-Image
They know the self-image acts as a
subconscious life-governing device- They're my hang-ups,
that if in your self-image you can't I see myself changing, growing, faults, and
possibly see yourself doing achieving, winning! stupidities…and I'm
something, achieving something, you stuck with'em.
literally cannot do it!
 Ten Qualities of a Total Winner
Qualities Winners Self-talk Losers Say

Attitude Qualities
3. Positive Self-Control
Acceptance of a 100% responsibility
for causing the effects of his or her I take the credit or the blame I cannot understand
life. Winners realize they personally for my performance. why life did this to me.
have the power to take control of
many more aspects of their lives, both
mental and physical
4. Positive Self-Esteem
Recognizing their uniqueness they I do things well because I’m I'd rather be somebody
develop and maintain their own high that kind of person. else.
standards.

Money won is twice as sweet as money

 Ten Qualities of a Total Winner
Qualities Winners Self-talk Losers Say
Attitude Qualities
5. Positive Self-Awareness
Winners know who they are, what they
believe, their role in life, their personal I know who I am, where I Who knows what I
potential-and the future roles and goals coming from and where I'm could do if I only had
which will mark fulfillment of that going. the chance.
potential.

Action Qualities
6. Positive Self-Motivation
This positive self-motivation of total
winners derives from two sources: (1)
their self-expectant personal and world I want to…and I can. I can't because…
view and (2) their awareness that fear
and desire are among the greatest
motivators
 Ten Qualities of a Total Winner
Qualities Winners Self-talk Losers Say

7. Positive Self-Direction
They know where they're going every
day, every month, every year. Their
objectives range all the way from
lifetime goals to daily priorities.
Action Qualities
I have a plan to make it happen. I'll try to hang in there-
I'll do what's necessary to get muddle through the day
what I want somehow.

8. Positive Self-Discipline
Positive self-discipline is the ability to
practice within. They know that
Of course I can do it. I've How can you expect me
thoughts begets habit and they discipline
practiced it mentally a thousand to do it? I don't know
their thoughts to create the habit of
time. how.
superb performance-the mark of the
total winner.
 Ten Qualities of a Total Winner
Qualities Winners Self-talk Losers Say
Action Qualities
9. Positive Self-Dimension
I live every moment, enjoying
Winners see their total person as a as much, relating as much, I'm only concerned
"big picture" of life. They have doing as much, giving as much with me.
learned to know themselves as I possibly can.
intimately.
10. Positive Self-Projection There's no point in
They project their best selves every Tell me what you want, maybe discussing it, we're not
day in the way they look, walk, talk, we can work on it together. even on the same wave
listen, and react. length.

Source: "The Psychology of Winning"

The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and
produces the best results.
Four Characteristics of a Winner
1. A Winner Knows What it Means to Be a
Winner
An Example: Gabriella Anderson
 Four Characteristics of a Winner
2. A Winner Must Set High Goals
 "If you are aiming at nothing, you'll hit it
every time."
 People who set goals may not always reach
them, but they will almost always achieve
more than those who set no goals at all.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.
 Example: Glen Cunningham

Satisfaction does not come with achievement, but with effort. Full effort is full victory.
 Four Characteristics of a Winner
3. A Winner is Disciplined

 Setting high goals is a waste of time if you

aren't willing to work hard to achieve them.

Winning is everything.
The only one’s who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.
Example: Emil Zatopek
 Four Characteristics of a Winner
4. A Winner Has Strong Motivation
What motivates you to push yourself?
Some examples could include:
 The thrill of winning
 It makes you feel good about yourself
 To impress others, such as friends, parents, or a
girlfriend or boyfriend
 To gain recognition

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
 REAL LIFE INCIDENTS
“DON’T QUIT”
Failures are stepping stones for success
 When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000
experiments before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it
felt to fail so many times. He said, "I never failed once. I invented the
light bulb. It just happened to be a 2000-step process".

 A school teacher scolded a boy for not paying attention to his

mathematics
and for not being able to solve simple problems. She told him that you
would not become anybody in life. The boy was Albert Einstein.

 A small boy--the fifth amongst seven siblings of a poor father, was selling
newspapers in a small village to earn his living. He was not exceptionally
smart at school but was fascinated by religion and rockets. The first
rocket he built crashed. A missile that he built crashed multiple times and
he was made a butt of ridicule. He is the person to have scripted the Space
Odyssey of India single-handedly. He is Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
President of India.
 4 OBSTACLES OF POSITIVE
ATTITUDE
1. Fear
2. Worry
3. Anger
4. Doubt
 6 STEPS TO ASSURE
A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
1. What ever challenges you face, focus on the
future rather than the past.
2. Whenever you’re faced with a difficulty,
focus on the solution rather than on the
problem.
3. Assume that something good is hidden
within each difficulty or challenge.
 6 STEPS TO ASSURE
A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
1. Assume that whatever situation you are facing at
the moment is exactly the right situation you need
to ultimately be successful.
2. In every challenge, look for a valuable lesson.
3. Whenever you have a goal that is unachievable, a
difficulty that is unresolved, or a problem that is
blocking you from getting where you want to go,
sit down with a pen and pencil make a list. The
more you think on paper, the more you will take
control over your conscious mind and focus it
where you want.