What is winning? I believe that there are a variety of answers to that very popular question. I think it all depends on a person’s mindset. It depends on whether or not they have to win every time they play a game or whether they feel good coming in second as long as they gave it their best shot. To me, winning is very important. I am one of the ones that enjoy winning when I play a game, but if I do not win, it would irritate me to the point that I want to have a rematch with that person just to prove that I can beat them. It would bug me enough to have a rematch with the person who beat at whatever it was that we were playing. A good example of this is when I play checkers in my advisement. I have beaten everybody and only lost once to Matt and when that happened, I was a little annoyed. Don’t get me wrong, I was not annoyed at Matt for beating me. I was annoyed at myself for not playing the right moves that I should have. If you ask, I am sure that he will tell you that after he beat me, I kept pestering him for a rematch until we finally played and I won. I believe that the true definition of winning is coming out on top in anything competition related that you do. To me, coming in second just means that I am the first person to lose. It also means that I came closer than anyone else to winning and I could not capitalize on my opportunities. I think that I will someday lose my competitive mindset and will not mind losing but right now that is what winning means to me.
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