Posted on July 11, 2008 - by rdilipk1

Winning the consistent way

It is said that maintaining the winning momentum helps you to keep winning. Is this true and does it hold valid in all situations?’, ‘

“Winners don”t do different things; They do things differently”. This is a statement that any book of positive thinking would start with. Nobody would want to disagree to the fact that this is true and is important if you want to win.

Another statement that one would hear a lot of times is that, “maintaining the winning momentum would help you keep winning”. Now if you read the above two statements one after the other, doesn”t it sound contradictory. If winners are the ones who do things differently, then what is the relevance in maintaining a winning momentum. Even if they loose once, they would know how to win the next time because they would know that they have to do something different if they are to win.

As I sat before my television watching a game of cricket, the last of the league matches in a tournament, between the mighty Australians and the once mighty West Indies, I heard the commentators say that the Australians would want to maintain the winning momentum before they go into the finals. Australia lost the match and I asked myself, “Would it be difficult for Australia to win against another team in the finals, whom they have already beaten convincingly in the league matches?” Probably not. They would for sure win convincingly again and they did. Then what is therelevance of the “Winning momentum”.

Winning has nothing to do about momentum. But I have strong reasons to believe that consistent winners develop a sense of complacency at times and a tend to loose. But this loss helps them regain their confidence and fight back again to get to the top spot. So winning is not about winning consistently. Rather it is about knowing that you have to do something different and extra to win. It is about deciding that you want to win. It is about a decision – a decision to remain on top.