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Re: Want to Win, Don't Whine

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Originally Posted by skimoose View Post
Maybe it's also part of the national trend of entitlement. People think that just because they participate, they're entitled to a strong performance or winning. Winning takes a LOT of hard work, and not just during build season, even then a little luck always helps.
Great post, Art! Thank you for sharing.

In the heat of the battle, the tendency is to forget why we are here and why we do this.

And in engineering, much more is learned from failure than success. Celebrate your success and failures.
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