Silver and losing gold
Maybe others will think differently on it but I don't feel most people work hard and apply effort just to come second - not people I surround myself with anyway, and not me! Of course, this depends on what things we apply that to.
A student at university might apply effort and hard work with the intention to graduate and whether they come first, second or lower graduating is the major goal. A person training and working towards competing against others in sporting endeavours however doesn't do so with the idea of placing any lower than first...or shouldn't in my opinion - training to be second best isn't the right mindset.
With the Olympics currently happening in France I was thinking about this and put myself in the position of being an athlete who has worked for years to get there only to come second at the end of the journey and the point in time in which it matters. Second is a position that no matter how it's spun simply is not first and therefore isn't a win.
Winning silver at the Olympics is losing gold - losing in general.
I'd not be happy with it if I'm honest, I'd be devastated to have put so much effort into training and getting good enough at my sport to make it to the world stage to compete with others - an incredible feat in itself - only to not be good enough to win and come away with gold. I'd analyse and evaluate it of course, strategise on how I could do it better next time but in and after the moment I'm not sure if I'd be able to muster a smile or the feeling that I'd given my best.
There is only one winner, that person or team who wins gold, and the rest, while rewarded for their efforts that ultimately were not good enough to actually win, don't win at all. That often comes with one or two results moving forward...the desire to work harder and achieve more next time or the desire to give in. I guess, for those who experience losing, that's the big moment - the moment in which they make the decision to regroup and move forward or let it all go due to their failure. I think those who push on and try harder are the winners in that moment no matter what happens later.
How has defeat on the sporting field made you feel and what happened once it had sunk in? Have you regrouped, evaluated, planned and moved forward to a better result next time or have you given up? Why did you choose that course of action in either case and how has that effected you later on? Feel free to comment.
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Good afternoon and best wishes. I read this article. It's true as you said. Every student certainly graduates is their main goal.
Indeed.
I think I've read a number of times that "Second place is the first loser", and that third placers tend to be 'happier' than second in the short term. Second means one was so close to winning it all, but fell short. Third is just happy to get a medal/reward/recognition. For me though, I look at myself and my skills objectively. I determine if I even have a shot at winning and set my expectations from there. I was good enough in Badminton and I think I can hang with the other good players. But since I don't do enough training and practice, I know I can't win national tournaments, or even represent in the Olympics.
I am very competitive, so I even treat regular matches very seriously. When I lose, I work on the weaknesses I had and try to improve them for next time. I would look at how other play, what I am doing differently, and if I need to change anything. Getting better at something is part of the fun of the sport.
That's the way to do it; learning from failure rather than letting it defeat oneself is the best way to minimise the chance of failure in the future. There can only be one winner in any contest but if a person measures themselves against themselves by seeking continual improvement then one still gains.
I agree with you overall. But since Lithuania's basketball team is not even in the olympics and it has been ages since the last time we won medals I would be happy if they would win any medal.
Also acording to one journalist some of our players got drunk and broke a tv... During games that decided who will be in olympics. This I can't understand. Could they not wait a couple days to get drunk and had to be drunk before the decisive matches? That whole situation really pissed me off.
Then it comes to my art I want to be the best but I am still far from there. Like I said I love and admire Berserk but some images I even fail to copy. But then again Miura spent three decades making Berserk and I have ,,only'' been making art for 7 years. So perhaps with enough effort and time I will succeed copying more advanced images.
It's an achievement for sure, any medal, but I wouldn't think any team would be out there training hard to come second right?
With your art...I think it's different and that a person should seek improvement rather than being one's best as that's quite a subjective thing.
correct, only the winner is the real deal
If I was a sportsman, I would not give up and try to attend such organizations as much as possible.
Giving up isn't a good way of learning how to do and be better, so I agree with you.
This exactly has been in my mind most times.
Although I'm not following on the Olympics, I'm quickly becoming a soccer fanatic and last season's premier League was filled with emotions like this.
The Arsenal team which lost at the last bit ranking 2nd, a very impressive run, but at the same time not 1st.
It's tough, it's sad, it's sports..😂
Sports brings out the best and worst in people and the best know that they can't always win and that they have to learn more from failures than they might from winning.
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Although I haven't done much sport, I have played volleyball and basket ball, being one of the tallest girls I was placed in defence.
I remember in volleyball I wasn't that good but I was good in the second sport and I always tried harder and harder for my team.
The option is never to give up but to regroup and keep going and I apply that in my daily life as well, effort and perseverance bring victory!
Seems you like playing with balls; I figured you would.
Yes, it is!🤣🤣
I bet you handle them well; you seem the type.
That's very possible hahaha highly probable hahahah
That is a nice little stack of bling. Maybe share some day with the #silvergoldstackers?
Anyway, coming in second could equate to kissing your cousin I guess. Although I have never kissed one to my knowledge, I can only guess the feeling leaves you sick at your stomach, feeling less than adequate, and disgusted with oneself. At least that is how coming in second always felt to me in my younger days of competing.
I've done a few posts about my silver and gold, I guess I don't like doing them over and over again. I post about it now and then when I have something to say although I know it's popular for people to write posts about this coin and that coin and some other coin and then a different one that is pretty well the same as the others and so on.
I'm not one to like coming second, or worse but it's happened of course. When I train and prepare for something, certainly in sporting endeavours, I do it with first place in mind...in this world where mediocrity being rewarded so highly that may seem odd but I'm not about to change my ways now.
I couldn't agree more and tried to instill that in my kids. Oldest is obcessively competitive. The youngest? Not so much, he is more go with the flow which scares the f- out of me sometimes.
As for sharing your precious metals stack, I get it. I am more of a coin collector as a hobby than a stacker. Love the history and culture that goes into designing and minting a coin. So I get more of a boner for that type of stuff.
I don't mind coin collecting and people showing different ones but don't see the point in people showcasing things that are the same thing as the last, the ones before that, and those that came before that. I have a friend whose into stamps and coins and has some really amazing ones, highly collectable and costly too...we get together sometimes and go through them which is fun. I'd do a post but it's his collection so won't without his approval. I'll ask next time I'm there.
That would be neat. Hopefully he does.
Yeah I try not to share the same type of coin as a previous post but something different each time I post.
Hope you’re feeling better.
Still crook (sick) but getting better each day. I should be fine by Christmas. Lol.
Shit must be hanging on tight as a tick. Well, just keep taking it easy until you shake it.
There's this thing that lingers going around, people say up to two months. If I catch up with the fucker who gave it to me a smackdown will ensue. Lol.
You know, I was watching the men's gymnastics the other day and the US team was so happy when they got the bronze. I couldn't wrap my head around it, you came in third... They were almost giddy though and the media made a big deal about it too. I guess for some just medaling at all is a huge deal. I'm with you and Ricky Bobby though, "if you're not first, you're last".
It's a big deal for sure, but I don't think it's something to aim at; I'd be (have been) devastated when I've not won after all the effort I've put in, I get over it of course, but rarely feel good about coming second when it comes to sporting endeavours.
I recall when I was playing American football, my team, Spartans we were called, had a solid year brutalizing the other teams physically and on the scoreboard and then come the final...kick ass soo hard but then...lost. I was fucken crestfallen and saw nothing to celebrate about coming second, first of the losers.
There's jobs where coming second means not coming home so I guess I aim at winning and work harder when I don't win to ensure I do next time. Seems like a good plan to me and you and Ricky Bobby agree.
What a great team mascot! My favorite university team is the Spartans. That's too bad that it turned out that way, but I am sure it was a learning experience for all of you. That's also a good point about being the loser means you don't come home sometimes. Thankfully, I have never had to be in that position.
I don't take loosing too well, I guess I'm not a good sportsman, so there are areas of my life where I work so hard because I want to remain at the top but I never indulged in sports as a kid for the same reason that I could not bear the thought of not winning.... Hehehehe, I must be talking rubbish huh ....but that's just me.
You never played sports as a kid?
Compulsory Physical Education in junior high school, yes but sports competition? No.
Only one winner so true, those who come second and return possibly walk away with gold next time.
Sporting when young everyone strives for a win, often learn the lesson of life, we may think we deserve it more, someone out there definitely beat you at it. Keep practicing nothing comes easy was advice always given.
Rewarding mediocrity promotes mediocrity and I don't agree with it.
Not sure when idea arrived that more than one comes first, or all be placed on the pedestal it is wrong, hurtful to those who put in great effort.
I agree, it's not a good way to go but it seems that's the way society is leaning currently. Mediocrity.
Dumbing-down many areas in society, make them mute 'Simple Simon' appears trend of the moment....
How about training all your life to enter a boxing ring with a man pretending to be a women..?
They have destroyed the Olympics.
They have indeed.
This one is hard for me to grasp fully. If I made it to the Olympics, I would be overwhelmed with joy even if I didn't win. However, that’s coming from the perspective of knowing I was never good enough at my sport to even entertain the idea of being an athlete there. For five years in college, I trained with other athletes in Cross Country and Track who ultimately went to Olympic trials, qualified for the games, and some even won medals. The gap between myself and those athletes was huge, especially when looking at our training. It wasn’t much different, if different at all.
Since I’ve trained with so many athletes at a high level, it’s hard for me to even contemplate the hypothetical.
However, stepping into a race where I knew I had a legitimate chance of winning and then not winning was always devastating, and I hated it. I still hate it now, but there’s a whole lot less winning as I’ve gotten older
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