LTYM - Ping-Pong Victory

Letters to a Young Manager

Ping-Pong Victory, #281
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Please note that this letter is in-process; the following are my notes

Dear Adam,

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How I played Joe Spugani everyday at Ping-Pong during a summer job in college. He beat me every day. Took a month to return his serves. I lost 100 times, but never gave up. I finally beat him on the last date of summer and it never felt sweeter. Churchill was right: never give up!

It's easy to view the losses as failure, but reframing it: each loss was a step closer to winning.

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Takeaways:

Never give up

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For Further Reading:

See the Edison quote about the lightbulb trials, in story #544