Never Give Up

While playing Racer, a racing game, I learnt a simple truth. I had played this game over 100 times but could not clock it. Then, one thing changed and I won. The one thing was a switch in mindset:

Do everything I can to win. I am not going to take it [the alternative].

This principle applies to other areas too. I thought about it today as I was running. I was physically aching, my body felt slow and my feet seemed to be dragging. I asked myself the question, am I going to give up or am I going to do everything I can not to stop.

Winston Churchill summed it up best when he said: “Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

At every corner, do your best. There is no complacency, it's not a race to survive. You are there to win.