WINNERS VS. LOSERS

♦ The Winner is always part of the answer;
The Loser is always part of the problem.


♦ The Winner always has a program;
The Loser always has an excuse.


♦ The Winner says, "Let me do it for you";
The Loser says, "That is not my job."


♦ The Winner sees an answer for every problem;
The Loser sees a problem for every answer.


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


♦ When a Winner makes a mistake, he says, "I was wrong";
When a Loser makes a mistake, he says, "It wasn't my fault."

♦ A Winner makes commitments;
A Loser makes promises.


♦ Winners have dreams;
Losers have schemes.


♦ Winners say, "I must do something";
Losers say, "Something must be done."


♦ Winners are a part of the team;
Losers are apart from the team.


♦ Winners see the gain;
Losers see the pain.


♦ Winners see possibilities;
Losers see problems.


♦ Winners believe in win-win;
Losers believe for them to win someone has to lose.


♦ Winners see the potential;
Losers see the past.


♦ Winners are like a thermostat;
Losers are like thermometers.


♦ Winners choose what they say;
Losers say what they choose.


♦ Winners use hard arguments but soft words;
Losers use soft arguments but hard words.


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


♦ 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."


♦ Winners make it happen;
Losers let it happen.


♦ Winners plan and prepare to win.
The key word is preparation.