rt115+Winning+is+Everything

=**Duh! Winning is Everything... Not!**=

==**Hello players of life. Do you think winning is everything? Well if you do think so, you're wrong. __A long time ago, I was taking my pre-black belt test and I totally forgot to practice. When I got tested, I did everything right... except for the board breaking. I couldn't break that last board. After three tries, my instructor sat me down. I was so worried. Would I get my belt? Would I fail and have to wait for 6 months for the next testing? Thankfully, at the end of the testing, he let me and other kids who couldn't break their boards to practice and get that board one... last... time... The pressure was on! When it was time for me to break the board, I stepped up and kicked. I didn't break it. "One more try," my instructor called. Aah! So much pressure. It all came down to this kick. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, kicked, and yelled. I opened my eyes. I broke it! I got my belt. But I didn't feel like I did a good job. I didn't deserve it. If I just failed, I would've done extremely well, and passed with brilliant flying colors. What's the moral? If you don't deserve a win, you're of better losing.__ If you don't lose, what are you then? An elf? A unicorn? God? It helps you learn from your mistakes. It helps you not get too overconfident. It helps you not cheat. Losing is what makes you human. What's my point here? Well, I believe that winning is everything... NOT!**==

==**If you win all the time, you'll get too overconfident. __What is overconfidence? It's when you get over... confident... or when you are too full of yourself and think that you can do anything without working towards it. Like I said, only elves and unicorns and god can do that. If you're not one of those things, you need to practice (it would be cool though if you were an elf though)! One day, at school, I had to take a French quiz, but I forgot to study. I thought, "Eh, I'll be fine!" The problem was that I just breezed through it, not making sure I got the right answers. Then, when I got my test back, I got an 85 percent! How horrible! I got too overconfident!__ When you win all the time, you feel happy, but when you lose once, you be VERY sad. Harry Houdini won and lost, but he lost a lot, but he learned how to learn from his mistake, and now he's the best magician in history. I know you've heard from your mom or dad, "Do your best!" Winning all the time will prevent that. Trying your best will help you become BETTER! You can never be perfect! Also, anger will be provoked. To make it worse, you'll be angry at YOURSELF for losing. People should always feel good about themselves. Think worse, and you will become lazy and sad all the time. Overconfidence should go over the hedge.**== ==**Cheating. Everyone's heard of it. Winning all the time will make you cheat. __If you cheat, you're are getting an undeserved accomplishment. The worst apart about it is that if you get caught, there will be severe consequences... "Broccoli rice for you, mister!" (a famous quote from mothers around the world.)__ Most people have heard of a book called __The Homework Machine__, and a group of kids used a homework machine that will do their homework. What happened? When they suddenly got a surprise test (and their teacher said that they would never get tests or quizzes through the school year), they flunked it BIG TIME! Now, bets causes cheating too. You'll get pressured by bystanders and peers. PEER PRESSURE! One time when I was playing a basketball game, and our coach told us to foul the other team, because we were losing. I, did not. I don't want to cheat. We won the game, but I didn't feel like our team won. It feels like we lost, because of what we did. Now, winning does give you confidence, but to cheat for it will make you feel like a loser. Cheat the cheat!**== ==**Not winning will suppress you to not get better. Life is about learning people! You don't learn you won't ever get better! I've never seen a person who doesn't work for big achievements. Now, there is this guy on a T.V. show I watch that never works for anything, but that's a T.V. show! That's why schools were invented! That's how we're HERE on planet Earth! Look at the British when they were fighting George Washington. They thought that they were POSITIVELY going to win, no matter what. What happened? They LOST! They didn't learn from any of their mistakes. They thought that it was one mistake on a fifty question math test. Now, when you win, it's true that you get popularity, but then you'll have more enemies. If you win, you think your perfect and then you'll start to do this... bragging! Nobody likes a bragger. Also, NOBODY'S perfect! Our goal in life is to get as close to perfection as possible. So that's why it's important to practice, so you can get better.**==

==**See what I mean! Winning is bad, but it's still good. Don't go and flunk every basketball game or softball game you go to. Losing will help you a lot in the long run, but only if you learn from your mistakes. Winning is good in some ways, and losing is good in some ways. Winning helps keep your self-esteem up and keep you're confidence up. But as we said earlier, don't get too overconfident! Winning also helps you know how well you're team works together, or how you're skills are improving. Just don't lose all the time, and don't win all the time. Keep a balance. You still think winning is everything? Than why did you bother to read this!? Winning ISN'T everything.**==