The Psychology of Winning

The Psychology of Winning.

-Denis Waitley

Quality 1: Positive Self-Expectancy

"Life is a self fulfilling prophecy. True winners go into every event expecting to win."

Positive self expectancy is knowing that you will always be positive when everything goes the wrong way. Self confidence is not a motivational perspective by itself. It is a judgment about capabilities for accomplishment of some goal, and, therefore, must be considered within a broader conceptualization of motivation that provides the goal context.

Quality 2: Positive Self-Motivation
"True winners dig deep and find motivation inside themselves to get through that tough task or to learn a new skill."

Self motivation is important for everyone because is pushing yourself to accomplish your goals in life.This quality means that if you motivate yourself you will be successful. It's the ability to do what needs to be done, without influence from other people or situations. People with self motivation can find a reason and strength to complete a task, even when challenging, without giving up or needing another to encourage them.

Quality 3: Positive Self-Image

True winners are confident and view themselves as competent, valuable human beings.

Quality 4: Positive Self-Direction
You gotta have direction if you are going to go anywhere. True winners know where they are going. Their sense of direction comes from the self and not from outside influences like parents or friends.

Quality 5: Positive Self-Control
Total winners can sacrifice immediate pleasure for a gain in the future. Delayed gratification is of immense value in reaching your goals.

Having self control is important because if want something and you need something you should always go for the need. Like if your old phone still works fine and you want the new phone that just came out you should stay with what you have. You might later need that money but if you spend it then you are gonna end up causing yourself problems. Self control isn't only about money you can also control yourself from eating unhealthy foods. Having self control is knowing when not to take action with things that you know are not good for you and or things that you might need at the time.

Quality 9: Positive Self-Awareness
Total winners are aware of their power. They understand that they can be anything with enough effort and determination.

Self Awareness allows you to understand other people, how they perceive you, your attitude and your responses to them in the moment. We might quickly assume that we are self aware, but it is helpful to have a relative scale for awareness. If you have ever been in an auto accident you may have experienced everything happening in slow motion and noticed details of your thought process and the event. This is a state of heightened awareness. With practice we can learn to engage these types of heightened states and see new opportunities for interpretations in our thoughts, emotions, and conversations. Having awareness creates the opportunity to make changes in behavior and beliefs. Self awareness is developed through practices in focusing your attention on the details of your personality and behavior.

Quality 10: Positive Action
Total winners take positive action in their business and with their friends and family. They are uplifting and motivating individuals who inspire the best from themselves and other

The tenth and final quality of Denis Waitley Ten Qualities of a Winner is positive-self awareness. Denis Waitley says "Total winners take positive action in their business and with their friends and family. They are uplifting and motivating individuals who inspire the best from themselves and others." I think this trait is important because total winners should know that usually people do not do until they are told. If you motivate others to take action, you will inadvertently motivate yourself. And even if you do not motivate yourself, others might do that for you because they will be affected by your influence and they would want to return the favor.