Winning

We won! My credit union branch was in a contest with the other branches and we won. It was a challenge given to each manager and assistant by the VP to see how we communicate, coach, and generally run our business. To finish off the month of dares we met at Dave & Buster's and played games. It was fun, but we had a job to do and my manager and I kept our focus and won.

I would love to say that I mainly enjoyed the process of learning from the experience and building relationships with my peers in the credit union, but, that wouldn't be entirely true. I wanted to win. I will, of course, enjoy the friendships that were made, the information I learned about credit union procedure and policy, and of course I will take pleasure in the prize that was financial as well as the paid day off. But, and I am simply being honest, my mind was set on winning.

That, I think, was the difference between those teams that played and lost and the two teams that engaged in the final playoff at the trivia table. Some of the teams never believed they had a chance and merely participated without fervor, sans zeal.

Do you play (work, engage with others) with passion? Do you desire the most that can be experienced when you engage in recreation, in your relationships, and what you do at work? Do you want to win?

If you don't think you can have the most, best, highest, or whatever-est, you probably don't try very hard and I'll conjecture that you aren't having much success or fun while experiencing your days. Don't settle for that kind of life. Play tough. Work hard. Love completely. Live with passion.