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RokZRooM Special ! You Can Win by Shiv Khera

Winners live and work every day as if it were the last day. Because one of these days it is
going to be the last and we don't know which one it is going to be. When they leave, they
leave as winners.

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

--Michael de Montaigne

WINNERS ARE GRACIOUS

Remember, winners are gracious. They never brag about themselves, they respect and
appreciate their team members and opponents.
Many people know how to be successful . Very few know how to handle success. And
there is always something about success that displeases some other people.

BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS

We conduct a three-day seminar titled "Blueprint for Success" globally for organizations
in-house and open public programs. This is based on the philosophy "Winners don't do
different things, they do things differently." This philosophy came as a counter to the
belief "Winning is not everything, it is the only thing." This latter philosophy leads me to
question the integrity of people who believe it to be true. It gives a distorted meaning to
the words "killer instinct." If you ask a person on the street, "What is the meaning of killer
instinct," most responses would be, "You have to win by hook or by crook." That is not
killer instinct, that is pure dishonesty.
To a good sportsman, killer instinct means:

1. You don't put in 100% but you put in 200%.
2. To win, we must cash in on our opponent's mistake. Not cashing in on an opponent's
mistake is a mistake. However, playing foul to win is not killer instinct, it is outright
dishonesty. Unfair winning may give temporary success but certainly not fulfillment.

The reality is that life is a competition and we have to compete. In fact, competition
makes competitive people grow. The objective is to win, no question--but to win fairly,
squarely, decently and by the rules.

WINNERS LEAVE A LEGACY

Great people leave something behind. Winners recognize that no one can make it alone.
Even though champions get the medals, they realize that there are many people behind
their success, without whom it would not have been possible. Their teachers, parents,
coaches, fans, and mentors. One can never fully repay those who have helped winners.
The only way to show a little gratitude is by helping those who are following. The
following poem says it all.

THE BRIDGE BUILDER

An old man, going a lone highway,
Came, at the evening, cold and gray,
To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide,

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