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Rising #1221 · From Chad

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  The sun will rise tomorrow. There's a story behind that.
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  This is your daily message from Chad with 12121 to upgrade your
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  mental game today by telling yourself a better story.
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  Because the most important story you hear is the story you tell
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  yourself. This message is dedicated to
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  Charlie Becker. Here's the upgrade.
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  You think a loss means something is over, but upgraded think he
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  knows losing is the price of playing?
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  Here's the story. It's November 16th, 1957 in
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  Norman, OK. The football game has been over
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  for an hour, but the fans are still sitting in their seats.
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  The final score was Notre Dame 7, Oklahoma 0.
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  Bud Wilkinson's Sooners had won 47 straight games, and when it
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  ended, the fans didn't leave. They sat stunned in the stadium.
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  In the locker room. Wilkinson didn't blame anybody.
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  He said there wasn't anything mysterious about it.
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  We just got beat. Then he told his players, you
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  have done something no other major college football team has
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  ever done before or will ever do again.
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  You've won 47 straight football games, and I'm proud of you.
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  The only ones who never lose are the ones who never play.
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  Notre Dame coach Terry Brennan said after the loss that Bud
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  Wilkinson shook his hand. He hated to lose, but he was a
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  perfect gentleman. No blame, no mystery, just pride
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  in his players and a handshake. He handled the loss with grace.
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  I bring the Oklahoma streak up because of yesterday, another
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  streak ended. I'm a Hoosier, that's what
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  people from Indiana are called. My daughter goes to Indiana
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  University right now, so I'm invested in more ways than one.
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  Indiana lost a close one. They came down the last play,
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  4th and four, and it didn't go our way.
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  One of the players, Charlie Becker, said it doesn't feel
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  like it's a real thing right now.
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  Losing doesn't feel real when you're used to winning.
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  But listen to what coach, what coach Signetti said after the
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  loss. We just didn't make it happen.
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  So it's a hard one to swallow, but sometimes you learn from it
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  and move on. And then he told his team, the
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  sun comes up tomorrow. This is bigger than sports.
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  Every time you make the call, ask the question, start the
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  business or love somebody, you put a loss on the table.
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  That's the deal. The only way to never lose is to
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  sit in the stands. Winners lose more than losers
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  lose because winners keep showing up.
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  The better story to tell yourself is I'd rather lose
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  playing than never lose watching The sun comes up tomorrow get
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  back in the game. You will stop fearing losing
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  when you trust the rising. Tell me a story of a loss that
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  taught you something to from chadsmith@gmail.com.
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  Send someone to text and tell them.
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  Just imagine what you'd try if losing didn't scare you.
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  Go try it. The sun comes up tomorrow.
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  You can get a free copy of my book, The Most Powerful Story in
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  the World, by going to from chad.gumroad.com.
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  The transcript of this message and hundreds of others are
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  always available at www.fromchad.com.