The Self-Help You Didn’t Want, But Probably Deserved

Daily writing prompt
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success?

Let’s take that frown, and turn it upside down, alright? Or at least kick it in the nuts, why don’t we? Fa-fa-fa-fall-full-fool-flat. You see? When you keep on winning as much as I do in life, then certain negative words like ‘failure’ aren’t even in your vocabulary.

So what I’m going to need from you is to, you guessed it, throw all those negative words and feelings right out the window. Just forget ’em. I don’t ever want to hear you say a single one of them ever again. You got that?

Good! Because if I hear a single gosh-darn negative thing uttered from your lips, then I’ll come over there. I’m not one to threaten violence on another one of God’s good creatures, but if you keep up with such a bad attitude then I’m of the opinion that you had it coming.

But look, we don’t need to focus on that. In fact, I insist that we don’t! You’re here–we’re here to discuss how you start winning all day every day. That’s all I want to hear from you. You’re winning because of….

That’s right! Because you’re a winner. That’s all you really need. That’s all that every winner really does. They just declare themselves the winner. They won’t need another person or institution or corporate stooge to tell them their own self-worth. A winner is worth just as much as they need to be, and not a penny less. Though when you’re winning, you won’t even being counting those pennies since they’re so darn inconsequential.

So go on, get out there and start winning. I gave you all the tools you’ll need to become the sort of winner that’s successful ever-ree sing-gall time! I know it’s doesn’t seem like I said all that much, but then again, it doesn’t really take much to succeed in this life. Just so long as you’re willing to take it!