In Others’ Words: When Winning isn’t Everything

 

 

Patton’s statement is such a fundamental truth, there’s almost nothing to add to it: Don’t fight a battle if you gain nothing by winning.

Another way to say that: Winning isn’t everything … and sometimes winning is nothing, except the ability to boast that you won. 

A hollow victory that echoes back at you with no lasting effect whatsoever.

I won, I won, I won … 

But it doesn’t make any difference because nothing changed in your life. You didn’t change. You didn’t gain experience.You didn’t gain an ally because an enemy became a friend. You didn’t gain wisdom because you realized you were wrong and asked for forgiveness.

You just … won.

 

In Your Words: When have you fought a battle, only to realize it was a waste of time? Or walked away from the fight because it wasn’t going to gain you anything worthwhile? When is a fight worth fighting?

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