Sunday Story…The race

Isn’t real. Years ago my uncle had a T-shirt that proclaimed, “He who dies with the most toys wins.” Really? What do you win? $250,000.00? A date with a supermodel? You’re dead. I’m pretty sure the number of toys you have doesn’t count at that point. You aren’t winning anything.

You think the race is real but it really only exists in your mind. You aren’t behind. You aren’t ahead. You are creating a competition that has no winner, no loser, and the other participants don’t know they are playing.

When I do this the only person who can lose is me. No one else is playing. Can I win? Not really since there is no opponent, no judge, no start or finish, and no reward at the end of the day. How much sense does this make?

Why make a race where one doesn’t exist? Why feel like you are losing when you are the only one playing?

Here’s an idea…go all out. The race doesn’t matter, the winner doesn’t matter, the loser isn’t important, your job is to do the best you possibly can…at work, at play, in the gym, wherever and whatever. And then do it better next time.

That way you always win, toys be damned.

John Mariotti
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