In sports, there is the winner, and there is the loser. This common metaphor implies that win/lose is the way the world works. But what about business? Can we use the metaphor there?
Sure, if we get the business, another business in our industry did not. So I guess it’s applicable there. But even then, in a free market if the second best provider gets the business, the customer loses out on something better. Free competition will produce more winners than losers.
But we can’t use win/lose when it comes to us and our customers, or us and our employees or suppliers. If any of them loses, we can’t win – at least not for long.
In business, we want as many winners as possible in our transactions and daily dealings. Losers have an interest in seeing us stop. Winners want us to keep going.
Are you leaving winners in your wake?
Winning is the desired outcome and when done in cooperation with partners such as customers, suppliers, employees and shareholder/stakeholders it is definitely not a zero sum game. In this equation a victory for one should be a victory for all – for all of those connected.
Larry
Difference between confidence and lack of confidence is knowledge.
And that is Why we are winners – Coach!!!
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_wooden_on_the_difference_between_winning_and_success