Being the Winner vs. Winning
A few months back I wrote a blog about a confrontation I experienced at a Nascar race . I admit that the meat of that post really had nothing to do with that night. The message in that story was about the decisions we make in life when we are faced with an adversary. The feelings I was feeling at that time stemmed from a completely different situation, but I used the Nascar race to illustrate them. Here is the meat of the text - Is the way in which one responds when faced with adversity really a view into one's true personality? When someone treats you poorly, how do you react? When someone hurts you, whether intentionally or unintentionally, how do you respond? Do you retaliate? Do you initiate a war? Do you prepare for a battle with intentions of winning - at any cost? Or do you cower? Fall apart and allow yourself to be beaten, assaulted, and embarrassed? It's interesting to me that (to most people) these seem to be the only two options....