The psychology of Winning : Critical Thinking

The Psychology of Winning

Denis Waitley

The 10 Qualities of a Total Winner

Quality 1:  Positive Self-Expectancy 

"Life is a self fulfilling prophecy. True winners go into every event expecting to win."

Winners all have something in common that makes them win. That is their mindset, they go into games or competition knowing that they are going to win. If you go into something doubting your self then you can not be successful. You need to do things with confidence and have faith that you will do the right thing and that you will be successful. If you believe in something strong enough and work towards it hard enough then you will be successful. But if you doubt your self then you can never be successful that is the self fulfillling prophecy. If you set the bar low then your out comes will be low but if you set the bar high then your results will be high. "Success is a self fulfulling prophecy."

 

Quality 2: Positive Self-Motivation 

"True winners dig deep and find motivation inside themselves to get through that tough task or to learn a new skill."

Positive self motivation means to find something inside you that will make you strive to be great. Something that can make you work harder so that you can be successful and achieve your goals. Motivation is what can push you to achieve your goals. It is the desire improve and be successful, it can also be optimism the ability to keep going to keep fighting. Self motivation is most needed when you are facing your hardest challenge, when you are going to something at its most difficult stage. When you need the extra push of encouragement to help you fight or get through something, that is when you look insides and see who you are fighting for it can be for you or for someone else but when you realize what you are doing it for it can help you get through something. "The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow."

Quality 3: Positive Self-Image

True winners are confident and view themselves as competent, valuable human beings.

Positive self confidence is they key to be successful. You need this because in order for you to be successful you need to vision yourself being successful. You need to know that you are vaulabel when you do something and that you can accomplish that task. You also need to have a good image for yourself an image that people know that you will be successful because that is what can make you successful. "A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success." This is evidence that it can help you be successful and this is what successful people have. 

Quality 4: Positive Self-Direction

You gotta have direction if you are going to go anywhere. True winners know where they are going. Their sense of direction comes from the self and not from outside influences like parents or friends.

I believe that this is saying that people who are truly successful have that sense of direction within them. They know what university they want to attend they know what they want to be in life if they want to play sports or things of that sort.  They do not let other people influence them, if they decide to do something it is because they believe that that is the ctr thing to do and that it might be the best option for them. Another thing is that you do not have to force them or to push them to do something they will do it on there own. This is what all winners/ successful people do they choose the right thing to do and go down the right path its something inside them that tells them to do that. "Positive self-direction is the action plan that all winners in life use to turn imagination into reality. fantasy into fact and dreams into actual goals."

Quality 5: Positive Self-Control

Total winners can sacrifice immediate pleasure for a gain in the future. Delayed gratification is of immense value in reaching your goals.

Positive self control means that you need to be in control of your life positively. Self control is when you is the ability to control your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in the face of temptation. You need to be in charge of this things in a positive way. This is how successful people are successful because they have to quality trait that makes them be successful it changers their bad habits into successful people habits. You have to maintain positive self control after, that is also a big part you having to maintain it and stay consistent at it. This in fact might be one of the most important quality, this can be used to one in school and on a field no matter how you use it can help you be successful.  

Quality 6: Positive Self-Discipline

You have to discipline yourself or else someone else will discipline you into doing what they want you to do. Total winners have the power to discipline and take control of their lives.

This is one of the more important keys, this is important because no matter how good you are at something if you do not have. Be consistent, gives you the energy and feel better. There are discipline muscles. 1. Start small 2.Practice only 3. Ramp up. 1. make it easier 2. build the appropriate systems 3. do what you want. "All successes begin with self-discipline it starts with you." This quote provides enough evidence that positive self discipline does start with you  and it does matter and affect you. 

Quality 7: Positive Self-Esteem

Your mood and outlook on life affect the way you see the world and how you interact in it. Total winners are positive, powerful people who make people feel good and provide a good vibe to those around him/her.

I know that self esteem is very critical to being successful because if you do not believe in your self then you can not expect for someone else to believe in you. Not just that but winners have a certain mindset that mindset allows them to enter something a step ahead because of they way that they think. I know this by experience because i am an athlete and i know that if you go into a game doubting yourself then you will have a bad game, but if you go into the game feeling yourself and saying that you are the best on the field then you will most likely play like it. It is a physiological thing that triggers you to walk it like you talk it and if you talk it bad then you walk it bad. This is why having a good self esteem is very important because it can really make the difference from being successful and non successful. "Cant can always be turned to can."

Quality 8: Positive Self-Dimension

Total winners like in the present. They know that now is all there is. They don’t get caught up in the past or worry about the future. They simply handle the business that they can handle which is the stuff going on today, now.

Positive self dimension is when you understand which is the present past and the future. If you want to be successful then you need to focus on what is going on in the present. You need to worry about the task at hand instead of whats going to happen next week or even year. This makes you successful because you worry about the task at hand and get it done. On the other hand if you focus on something in the future you wont complete what ever you have in front of you so you will be unsuccessful. Or even if you worry about what has happen in the past and you droll on it then you can never be successful. 

Quality 9: Positive Self-Awareness

Total winners are aware of their power. They understand that they can be anything with enough effort and determination.  
In order for you to be total winner you need to have self awareness. Self awareness can tell you a lot about your self if you need to put in more work in a certain category. It is you just being aware of were you stand in something and if you need work. This is critical to you being successful.

Quality 10: Positive Action

Total winners take positive action in their business and with their friends and family. They are uplifting and motivating individuals who inspire the best from themselves and other.

This positive action is what can really make you successful and put you above everyone else. This is just overall being positive in everything you do which includes choosing the right. When you are in school you need to take positive action even more so when you are in a place of business you need to. You need have a positive look of life always look at the positive things look for the brighter side of situations, that us how you become a better person. Being positive also comes down to the way you feel, if you are happy than you will be a positive person and then you will look at everything around you in a better way. Then you will start to chose positive actions. It goes hand and hand.