Winning ≠ Success

It's instinctive to equate winning with success. Our brains love the dopamine rush from a win, but this ancient survival wiring can sometimes lead us astray. The belief that we must win at everything is not just exhausting - it's often misleading.

The richest guy is not the only richest or the only successful guy. Amazon is not the only successful online marketplace.

Facebook is not the only social platform people love spending time on.

You can still be okay even if you are not the best. Sometimes, be more than okay - you will be happy. The urge to be the best at something often clouds judgment. Focusing on the objective is > winning.

<aside> 💡 Winning is only an outcome, not an end result. You could win at something and still fail.

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Focusing on the objectives, i.e. outcome, will not only give results but will also help us gain insights to get the best outcome.

Think of the student who is studying to be the first in the class vs the student who is studying to be the best at what he is learning.

Think of a business spending on ads to beat the competition vs the business spending to gain new users.

Again, winning ≠ success