[00:11.37]Each human being is born as something new, something that never existed before.
[00:17.65]Each is born with the capacity to win at life.
[00:21.26]Each person has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking.
[00:28.79]Each has his or her own unique potentials - capabilities and limitations.
[00:35.33]Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creative being - a productive person, a winner.
[00:43.13]The word “winner” and “loser” have many meanings.
[00:47.54]When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who makes someone else lose.
[00:54.01]To us, a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive,
[01:01.39]and genuine, both as an individual and as a member of a society.
[01:07.10]Winners do not dedicate their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be;
[01:12.34]rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance,
[01:18.72]maintaining pretence, and manipulating others.
[01:22.82]They are aware that there is a difference between being loving and acting loving,
[01:27.92]between being stupid and acting stupid, between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable.
[01:35.15]Winners do not need to hide behind a mask.
[01:39.06]Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking and to use their own knowledge.
[01:44.07]They can separate facts from opinion and don’t pretend to have all the answers.
[01:49.40]They listen to others, evaluate what they say, but come to their own conclusions.
[01:56.06]Although winners can admire and respect other people, they are not totally defined,
[02:01.65]demolished, bound, or awed by them.
[02:05.17]Winners do not play “helpless”, nor do they play the blaming game.
[02:10.00]Instead, they assume responsibility for their own lives.
[02:14.70]They do not give others a false authority over them. Winners are their own bosses and know it.
[02:22.10]A winner’s timing is right. Winners respond appropriately to the situation.
[02:28.68]Their responses are related to the message sent and preserve the significance,
[02:33.67]worth, well-being, and dignity of the people involved.
[02:38.39]Winners know that for everything there is a season and for every activity a time.
[02:45.37]Although winners can freely enjoy themselves, they can also postpone enjoyment,
[02:50.74]can discipline themselves in the present to enhance their enjoyment in the future.
[02:56.30]Winners are not afraid to go after what they want, but they do so in appropriate ways.
[03:03.16]Winners do not get their security by controlling others. They do not set themselves up to lose.
[03:10.62]A winner cares about the world and its peoples.
[03:14.27]A winner is not isolated from the general problems of society, but is concerned,
[03:20.17]compassionate, and committed to improving the quality of life.
[03:25.39]Even in the face of national and international adversity, a winner’s self-image is not one of a powerless individual.
[03:33.98]A winner works to make the world a better place.
