Show l a r I Uncommon Sense BYBE BY- BY II JOHN N BLAKE BE A LOSER I IF F WE all nU liked to lose this would I be a shiftless and an I life It Is natural to want to win In any competition business or athletic Any self-respecting self man would like I to feel that he can outstrip the other fellow In any race he enters He Be feels chagrined when he loses 41 But If he amounts to anything he does not Dot show It 1 t- t To whine to lose your temper to Invent ment excuses to show Jealousy If It you you lose Is poor sportsmanship and poor Judgment You may feel badly because you have lost and you ought to but remember remember remember re re- re- re I member that you and no one else are responsible For If iff the competition was as one In which you had no chance of winning you shouldn't have entered it If It you did have bave a chance It was your fault that you did not Improve 4 it Be a good loser therefore and generous generous gen gen- erous t to to- your our opponent But dont don't lose too often otten Dont Don't be so little concerned about I losing closing that you never try to win Dont Don't feel that It makes no difference differ differ- ence ease how bow the race fUce g goes es When Ml It Is I II I- I over have a quiet little conversation with yourself and give general Instructions instructions In In- not to let the same thing happen again There Is such i t thing as being so good a loser that you like to lose And there are ore no competitions run off ocr In Inthis Inthis n this world which you ou can afford to enter merely for the pleasure of 01 letting some other man win You ar are perfectly Justified In feelIng feelIng feeling feel- feel Ing bad when you have lost You are Justified In taking yourself Into a n corner comer for a n lecture on the folly of 01 losing The continual loser will In the end have to part with his self respect and hl his courage and become a n mere of the earth Try to win as hard as you can If you lose next time make up your our mind that you ou will win the next Determine Determine Determine De De- termine that you will win oftener than you ou lose and that you ou will win as nearly per cent as possible Then when you 00 do lose you ou can bear It with a better grace for you OU will know that such a n thing Is not going to happen hoppen very ery frequently Copyright by John Blake |