A speaker was at my Organizational Behavior class. He shared an insight that I thought was very interesting.
He said…
You can play to win
or play not to lose.
I would assume he meant in life.
That’s all I wanted to share.
Do you play to win?
I know I want to, but I think unless I remember to remind myself I will play not to lose.
It might just be me, but those sound like pretty depressing options…
Thus, in this either-or question, I pick option C.
It’s more or less too easy to “play to not lose”. In general we care to much about what others think of us.
I say we should play to beat ourselves. Playing to win is one thing, but playing to do the best you possibly can is completely different.
This might be interesting:
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
Regards,
Rabi
Hmm.. maybe there should be a play for fun option…