We’re obsessed with winning. Promotions, profits, flawless performance, market position, perfect life, all the money, the hottest partner, the war with your ex. But success – and life – isn’t a straight line upward. It’s a cycle. And you determine whether the next loop goes up or down.
Where some call losing or pain “necessary sacrifice,” others need therapy for a fraction of the same pain. Why?
This essay explores why an unhealthy relationship with failure or losses often causes more damage than loss itself – and why true high performers aren’t the relentless winners or the big King Kongs, but the ones who know how to lose well. Because only those who can accept loss, adapt, and keep moving, will earn the title: Best Loser.
