The Psychology of Winning

Denis Waitley

Positive Self-Expectancy

The first quality that Denis gave us is to have positive self-expectancy. Denis tells us that true winners go into every competition expecting to win and succeed. I think that this is very impotant that we think this way because in that way we will be expecting to give it our best. When you put you mind and soul into a competition only success will come out of it. Its important not to think about failure when going imto a compretition. Its good to think about winning. By doing this is will help you stay positive and try you best to win. It is also very important to challenge yourself. If you know that you area unable to do something try doing something similar that will give you the sense of what you can't do. By challenging yourself and keeping a positive mind set you will be able to succeed in everything. If you do try your hardest but you dont succeed then make sure you congradulate the winner. Also, by having loses you are able to become stronger and more powerful by practicing that specific material. I recently applied this quality in my life by presenting my senior defence. I was given the option to either record my presentation without a panel, or present in front of a panal which is one of my worst fears. I decided to challene myself and make my twelve years of school count. Right before the presentation I went in the room with the most positivity that I could have. Although I was a bit shaky, I accomplished my worst fear and I felt an amazing because I did something that was imposible to me. Im very proud that I

 decided to challenge myself because I got to see what I am capable of doing.