Enter To Win

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Published by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee
Monday, December 10, 2001
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On one of my favorite Web sites, www.HGTV.com, I noticed that they were running a contest. In big bold letters it said, "Enter here to win!" not "Enter here for a chance to win", or "Enter here because you think you might win. It was stated in the positive, "Enter here to win."

How often do we set ourselves up to win? Half of winning is believing that we can win. If we go into a situation believing that we will come out a winner, we have a better chance at winning just because we believe we can. If we tell ourselves that we are a winner, we go into any situation with a winning attitude.

Every morning that we wake up alive, we are a winner. We have won another opportunity to do our best. Winning doesn't always mean we are in a competition with someone else. Often our most fierce competitor is the person who stares back at us each morning from the mirror. We get in our own way and stop ourselves from winning in the game of life because of fear, lack of confidence, and self-defeating messages that we give ourselves. Our self-talk alone is enough to keep some of us from being winners.

Each one of us is a winner; we simply have to believe that. Once we believe it, we will begin to live our lives as a winner. Everything we do, say, and think will support us in being a winner. We will become what we believe we are.

Coaching

How often do you tell yourself, "I am not lucky, I never win anything?" Well, you are wrong. Each day you win another opportunity to live life to the fullest. Each day you are lucky enough to have the gift of giving your best to the world. If we believe we are a winner, we live our lives according to that belief. Whatever we believe to be true is true. Moreover, when we believe we will find the evidence that validates our beliefs.

Believing you are a winner starts with a shift in perception. Start telling yourself everyday, "I am a winner." Notice how your perception changes as you begin to believe in yourself. Start acting like a winner and, low and behold, you will be a winner.

Are you ready to start winning in the game of life?

Daily Success Formula

Winning = Belief

Quotes

"A winner never whines." Paul Brown

"It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts." Addison Walder