WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE BEATEN.......

There have been many challenges during my 30 years as a business leader and consultant, no doubt there will be many more going forward.

After all isn't that what life and business is all about? Overcoming challenges, quickly putting reversals into context and moving on!!

One of the key sources of my own motivation and inspiration to succeed on a consistent basis comes from this piece by Walter D Wintle, it hangs proudly framed on the wall immediately above the desk in my office where it has been for many many years.

Regardless of whether you have read it previously or not, I felt it appropriate to share with you… enjoy.

Barry T

If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t;
If you’d like to win, but you think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost,
For out in the world you find
Success begins with a fellow’s will –
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you’re out-classed, you are;
You’ve got to think high to rise;
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize.
Full many a race is lost
Ere ever a step is run;
And many a coward fails
Ere ever his work’s begun.
Think big and your deeds will grow;
Think small and you’ll fall behind;
Think that you can and you will –
It’s all in the state of mind.
Life’s battle don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But soon or later the man who wins
Is the fellow who thinks he can.

Walter D Wintle