PLAYING TO WIN

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Playing to win can often make the difference between failure and success. It means going after a goal with persistence and the unwavering resolve to succeed. If your attempts to become a winner have resulted in repeated setbacks, it's time to examine your strategies. Are your objectives reasonable? Could you be standing in your own way without even knowing it? (Like Dr. Phil would say "Is what you're doing working for you?") Get in touch with your inner self. Are you unconsciously choosing to fail, or remain an underachiever, because you fear that positive changes will require living up to greater expectations? You can become a winner, which is far more rewarding that going through life as a loser, if you deal with your self-defeating patterns.

In this section, list examples of how you "snatched defeat from the jaws of victory," and indicate how you can avoid similar results in the future.