The Best Win

There's more than one way to win; I think we've all found that out going through the school system, and learning the concept of "cheating." However, the win that I talk about here has to do with you and another party. Before that though, we're going to define what it means to "win," the two negative types of win's, and then, the best win. The concept of "winning" was really hammered into my head by Gary Vee. Gary talks a lot about "winning," and while he talks about winning, he goes into failure and losing. What I've put together by listening to him is first, winning is success in an objective, usually through results; second, losing is when you're done, it is when everything is over, when you threw in the towel without gaining something from the journey of the objective. This also states that failure isn't losing, when you fail you don't lose, failure is actually the contrast. Failure is a step in the process of winning. It is extremely hard to win, without failing a few times first. Covet failure, it's amazing, it's good for you, and it is a step to the end goal, winning. In the book, How Successful People Think, by: John C. Maxwell, he very briefly goes over this concept, the three types of "wins." Within about six lines he inspired this five paragraph post, yeah, those few words hit me hard. Anyways, two of the wins he talks about are the win's that you don't want to have. The first one, the lose-win, here you lose, and the other party wins. What's negative about this? Well you lost, that's never good, you didn't gain much from the experience, because again, that's what "losing" is. This makes you unhappy, and possibly envious. The second one, the win-lose. This is the converse of the first, you win, the other party loses. What's negative here? Well, you win, great, now you most likely got this win using the other party, and making them a step stool to your win. Now you, have to live with that, you may have won, but you will not be happy, nor will the other party, so is this really a win at all? At the end of the day, these two wins are neutral, one parties positivity, and the other parties negativity balance to make neutrality. Also, with both of these wins, you and the other party will only work together once, and after this, you guys will more likely than not, never work together again, so. I think you know where this is headed, but let's talk about the best win. The win-win. This is hands down the best win you can possibly have. You win, you gain from the objective, and the other party wins, they gain from the objective. Above that, both parties are happy, they are elated, and they will more likely than not, work together many more times, and hopefully continue a successful relationship, and keep racking wins for everyone. This type of win leaves everyone better, more knowledgeable, more positive, more successful. Also, the net is a positive net, you and the other party are both positive, and this releases only positive energy. With all of that said, there is very little drawback in this win compared to the others, it's honestly the smartest move that you can make when it comes to winning. This is the win that you should strive for, it leaves the most positive long and short term effects. This is the best win. I hope this helped convince to you be more mindful of the wins you have when other parties are included, which, nine times out of ten, there will always be another party included. Other than that, I also hope you gained more knowledge on what it means to win, the two negative types of win's, it's important to know the negative. Also, of course, the best win. Thank you for reading this, I appreciate it, have a wonderful week, I'll see you the next, peace. Original

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