WINNERS VERSUS LOSERS

♦ The Winner is always part of the answer;

The Loser is always part of the problem.

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♦ The Winner always has a program;

The Loser always has an excuse.

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♦ The Winner says, "Let me do it for you";

The Loser says, "That is not my job."

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♦ The Winner sees an answer for every problem;

The Loser sees a problem for every answer.

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♦ The Winner says, "It may be difficult but it is possible";

The Loser says, "It may be possible but it is too difficult."

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♦ When a Winner makes a mistake, he says, "I was wrong";

When a Loser makes a mistake, he says, "It wasn't my fault."

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♦ A Winner makes commitments;

A Loser makes promises.

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♦ Winners have dreams;

Losers have schemes.

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♦ Winners say, "I must do something";

Losers say, "Something must be done."

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♦ Winners are a part of the team;

Losers are apart from the team.

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♦ Winners see the gain;

Losers see the pain.

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♦ Winners see possibilities;

Losers see problems.

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♦ Winners believe in win-win;

Losers believe for them to win someone has to lose.

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♦ Winners see the potential;

Losers see the past.

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♦ Winners are like a thermostat;

Losers are like thermometers.

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♦ Winners choose what they say;

Losers say what they choose.

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♦ Winners use hard arguments but soft words;

Losers use soft arguments but hard words.

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♦ Winners stand firm on values but compromise on petty things;

Losers stand firm on petty things but compromise on values.

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♦ Winners follow the philosophy of empathy: "Don't do to others what you would not want them to do to you";

Losers follow the philosophy, "Do it to others before they do it to you."

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♦ Winners make it happen;

Losers let it happen.

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♦ Winners plan and prepare to win.

The key word is preparation.

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