By Bill Walsh
The score takes care of itself
Bud Grant lost four super-bowls as head-coach of Minnesota Vikings
and was able to keep it in perspective - as below
"I have got a 24-hour rule - you only let it bother you for 24 hours . Then its over"
Joy, Grief , Fear , Lust - Dont let it linger on and on
Dust it off you in the next 24-hours
Don't cling to it!
more you cling , more you get attached to it
The more you cling , the more it becomes your identity
winner - loser
Success-failure
And the more identity gets frozen around you
it warps you in a cast like a thick iron cladding
that you cannot unshackle out of -
you end up becoming claustrophobic
in emotions - even of that is of pleasure - win -it is no good!
for winning is not eternal
like losing is not going to be
you must let it bother only 24 hours or less
and then keep moving
keep moving and
keep moving;
"You are more than an accounting system comprising of Win/Loss Ledger " Bill Walsh
Seneca puts this in a different way :
Such things are therefore imaginary.
and though they for the moment
present a certain external appearance
They are no way permanent or substantial
We care about stuff as if they are permanent .
but they are not
We think whatever is concrete to sight or touch as existent
-No they don't
They are all in a state of flux
-constantly diminishing!
None of us is the same (Wo)man tomorrow
But nonetheless, we crave for them as if they were always to exist
as if we were always to possess them!
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