Why Participating Matters More Than Winning!

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00:00the important thing is not to win but to participate that sounds like something your

00:03mom would tell you when you were little and she was trying to convince you that losing at the

00:07soccer game was unt so bad because you got some exercise in but it's actually a quote by pierde

00:12the french aristocrat who's considered to be the father of the modern olympia games

00:16i know this probably sounds like another one of those feel-good sayings you know like everything

00:20happens for a reason or you only live once but there's actually a lot of wisdom in these 11

00:25little words so let me ask you have you ever participated in something maybe a competition

00:29or a game or an event and even though you didn't win you still felt a sense of satisfaction

00:34afterwards knowing that you gave it your best shot on the other hand have you ever won something but

00:38felt like it was a hollow victory because you were unreally invested in it these are the situations

00:43where the importance of this quote becomes clear when we think about participating in something

00:47whether it's a physical activity like a game or an intellectual one like a debate or something else

00:52entirely we usually do so with a certain goal in mind maybe we want to prove ourselves to others or

00:57maybe we just want to see how we stack up against our peers and sure winning can be a great feeling

01:02but if we're being honest with ourselves we'll admit that it doesn't always mean what we think it does