Mindset: 7 Lessons You Can Learn From Losing

“‘You win or you learn… You never lose,’ as the late Italian football player and manager Mr Gianluca Vialli once put it.” So begins the article on the MR PORTER website, 7 Lessons You Can Learn From Losing, According To Elite Athletes, by Ms. Helen Bazuaye.

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It continues, “There is always a choice in failure and few understand this better than athletes who play at sport’s elite levels. Day in, day out, they work towards goals framed by the desire to be the best – to succeed by outsprinting, outkicking, outjumping and outscoring. But there can only ever be one winner. So, what lessons can we learn from defeat from those well versed in it? Is there something in their mindset that keeps them on track and committed to their goal, even when they don’t cross the line first—or at all?”

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Here are the 7 lessons she suggests:

01. Failure isn’t permanent.

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02. It’s part of every success journey.

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Even if godly people fall down seven times, they always get up. But those who are evil trip and fall when trouble comes.
Proverbs 24:16

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03. Resilience is not a solo effort.

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04. Develop a growth mindset.

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05. Feel the feelings.

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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26

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06. Let go of perfectionism.

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07. You’re more than your stats

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Read the complete MR PORTER article here.

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