“Losing is Painful… But not as painful as knowing you could have done more.”
I read this quote a week ago and it has been on my mind ever since. I wanted to share it with you to see what kind of memories or thoughts it brings up for you.
This quote is hanging on the wall in the lobby of my friends workplace in downtown Portland. Above the quote hangs an old casing for a civil war sword. I’m sure we can all figure out how the quote applies to the war that was fought. But what about individually?
I have ‘lost’ a few battles over the years. One of the biggest battles that I have lost… in the end, I was able to look back and say that I had tried everything in my power, at that time, to be victorious. The quote isn’t about the final outcome. It is about the determination, the mind set and the willpower you have while you are going through the thick of ‘it.’
In business, we all have a tendency to want to be lazy from time to time. I don’t want to always make that last phone call, or send out my cards, or follow up on a potential client. If you give in to that feeling and something happens, how do you feel? Less than good, and you wish that you would have preformed to the extent that you know you are capable of. Lesson learned! It’s a good reminder to give it your all in everything you do so that if you do lose one ‘war’ you know you didn’t lose the ‘battle.
Here is some quotation from Aeschylus that might be related to your quote above:
“Wisdom comes only through suffering”
“Time brings all things to pass”
Untill you lose you wont suffer, then wisdom comes…
when time pass, all wounds heal and all losses become more tolerable through experience and wisdom
Have an awesome week