Psychological Difference: (Unedited): 18 Nov 2014:

The difference between victory and defeat is psychological. 

C.J.MacKechnie

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This seems to always be true. No matter the situation or circumstance. It doesn't matter if you are in a competition, war, life in general or in some other personal/professional disaster.
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A person who is in any form of competition may win or lose and there shall only be one winner. This is why some egotistical people proclaim that second place is for the first losers. There is some sense of truth in that comment. But how that negative comment is is taken in by any person is defined as positive or negative in motivation. Can it be healthy? yes. Can it be self destructive? Yes. It is dependent on how the teacher/coach teaches it and how the student/player decides how it is meant. 
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A person who is always involved and seems to only be able to achieve a place which is always less than first place can become defeated and demoralized. While another person who may not even know or be aware of their placement becomes excited at a new personal best, The mean prideful people who have placed much higher than the person who has achieved their personal best may belittle them with ugliness. While at the same time that person who achieved their personal best may very well be thankful to those who placed higher for driving them onward. Can you see the psychology.
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The darkness of post defeat can do more harm than than the actual defeat. The leader of warfare may lose badly from their ill made plans. The soldiers and warriors involved have died, been injured and may have been captured. Who is at fault? Did God curse them or you? Being at fault or being cursed always leads to an answer. But, after you have your answer. It is your psychology which forms how your life is self perceived tomorrow.
On the matter of curses. Are you or were your righteous? Have you asked for forgiveness?
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The effects of absolute defeat and enslavement can last for hundreds of years in how the new generations are taught. The teaching of the psychology of perpetual failure, defeat and enslavement is evidenced everywhere in the human world. This is seen within many Native American tribes and many African American peoples. Even though they themselves may not even be aware.
This can be seen in how any group of people live, have lived and will live their lives tomorrow.
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The abused and tortured souls can live in absolute failure. While others have forged for themselves nearly absolute success in life as defined by them. Despite how badly their lives began within the shadows of cold nothingness. This can also be easily seen in former foster children, Abused spouses and those who have left their Countries of absolute horror for the hopes of America. How has each of these individuals achieved their dreams in the life they have lived is and was all defined by them and their own dreams.
So what happens when the dreams have been stolen away into the abyss of forgotten self identity? All that person has to do is re-remember and to become self empowered to create new ones. To become aware that they still have that power to self create in spite of what ever evil or hardship has befallen them. It is possible when the person believes again they are still possible.
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The ill perceived loser who loses everyday in life in comparison to anyone else. May see themselves as a genuine winner as they achieve something new daily and exceed their personal best daily. Where as you who proclaims a loser to be what you think they are. When have you exceeded your personal best or have achieved something new?
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Please find those positively inspiring gold nuggets within this writing. If you only see the negativity. Then it is your choice and not mine. I only offer a way to look at things and genuinely hope you find that which is ONLY positive for your own life to live. But, how you live your life is still your free choice and it matters whose or what thumb your under. The thumb is and always has been your accepted illusion. Which is the lie of your life which you wrongly believe as truth.
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Output Potential: (Unedited): 24 Sept 2014:

To achieve your greatest potential today. You must put forth your maximum output.

To achieve your greatest potential tomorrow. You must intelligently train and tax all aspects of your being today. 

C.J.MacKechnie

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 Doing the best you can do today is absolutely the best you can do today. Is what you have done today you actual best or was it just the specific amount of energy you only wanted to express in your way? There can be a difference between the two. Friendly and fun competition may not entirely bring out the most you can do. They are just that friendly and fun. The actual tests are those that you take seriously and have properly prepared for. The challenge of competition which when taken seriously reveals who you truly are in that specific moment of time.
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Competition Chase: (Unedited): 25 Sept2013:

In competition, if you are not chasing toes or the tick of the clock you are not competing in the race.

 C.J.MacKechnie

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You gotta be chasing something. It is the fight part of your animal brain which is very close to the flight and freeze parts of your animal brain. Flight and freeze probably won't aid you in any victory or besting a personal best. The flight part of your brain involves fear and this is negative. A negative emotion may not get you a positive response or outcome. Freeze is also a negative emotion and of course freeze won't win you any race, let alone begin a race.

On your mark, 

get set,

Freeze.

Doesn't work in a race. Does it?

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Good sportsmanship is more than just congratulating the victor or your fellow competitor. By preparing for the race and giving your all during the race. You bring meaning to the victor as well as a clear understanding to those who came after. It is important that when you are on any team. That you do more than just be present and socializing with your other team mates.  Encouragement, working out together and racing during practices are just some necessary steps in preparation for the next competition.

In preparing for your big events or meets will require you to work out all year long. Which is above and beyond what the high school, colleges, sporting organization or YMCA coaches require of you. When your season is done. Twinkies and coke do not become apart of your diet, neither does the couch and Scooby Doo on the T.V.

This is the time for strength and power training,
                                speed and flexibility training,
                                Cardio and Perfecting your technique training.
All mixed together and altered from time to time. In order to maximize your physical and mental developmental potential.

In a team environment the leaders are those who are the performance leaders on your team. They are the go to people in regards to goals, training regimens and diet. It doesn't really matter if you think you are not a leader or an example to be looked up to. You are by the simple merit of being the best on your team.

Imagine your on a narrow ladder with everyone else. Your all going up the ladder at different rates of speed. You have the slow people, the social partiers, the performance driven, the coaches and the learners. If no one is helping or assisting any other person. You have a quagmire which goes no where fast. To the social partiers on the team it won't matter to them until they are 40 or so years old. The social partiers are just there to have fun and nothing else is really of importance. Which includes winning.
It is necessary for the performance team leaders to pull everyone up on the ladder of goals and accomplishments. Just as it is necessary for everyone to push up everyone higher than you. In this way with everyone doing both pushing people up and pulling people up. You all get up the ladder together as a singular united team with a common goal. It doesn't matter if you are on a team and compete individually. You need your other teammates and coaches to do both push you and and pull you up. Just as you will be required to push people up and pull people up. This is just one thing which makes a successful team work. 
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For the stars on the team. By you leading your team mates to perform at a higher level. It will cause you to perform at a higher level. Thus, you improve when your team mates improve.  The whole of how you improve will be much greater than simple performance improvements. Your Character becomes more developed. The leader you thought you could never be, becomes a certainty. There is 3 improvements in you and there are more. Ask your coaches for more details.
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Uncommitted Decline: (Unedited): 28 Aug 2013:

The uncommitted on your team will demoralize your team leaders as you can only watch your teams overall performance decline. 

C.J.MacKechnie

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Actively choosing quality members for your "A Team", "B Team" and  all other teams is critical. Picking a team member who is only their to get a pay check, to socialize or to even just watch. Will eventually cause you to lose your star players or star employees. If you the overall leader fail to take the necessary action and coach/manager your team. As the team coach it is your responsibility to be the lead cheer leader, psychologist and disciplinarian. Sometimes even taxi driver if need be. 
In the professional environment the decline you can only watch, will be tied to your profit/loss sheet immediately. There is nothing you can do. Unless you take immediate action right now. But, typically you the coach/manager will need to be transferred or just let go. Your bosses will need to hire a temporary strong person to weed out the dead weight. While you will need to have that secret conversation with your stars so that they themselves don't walk freely out your door to profit your competition. The head hunters will be circling just like those great black birds just waiting for that right kind of dead smell to emanate from your place.
The worse kind of loss is when your stars become so demoralized that you just have to let them go. You can thank your former coach/manager for that great loss. Then blame yourself for not acting objectively on the facts at hand and for not listening to your stars while favoring the coach/manager.
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