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Winning

Connecticut Public Radio
Published March 14, 2011 at 10:54 AM EDT
D. Basu, Creative commons

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You can win the peace, win the future, win the game, win the lottery, or if you’re Charlie Sheen you can just be “A Winner.”

You’ve heard variations on the saying, “Winning isn’t everything…it’s the only thing.”  Motivational, to be sure – but when winning is the only goal, does that make most of us “losers?

Today, we’ll look at how the rhetoric of winning pervades our competition-obsessed society. Author Francesco Duina’s new book “Winning,”  takes a look at the social and psychological effects of success and asks whether winning should really be the ultimate goal.

Mark Fenske, co-author of the new book “The Winner’s Brain,” would argue “no”.  He’ll identify eight “win factors” that are proven to pave the road to success. 

So, what does it mean to be a “winner?” In sports, in business, in education, in life?  

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SOMOS CONNECTICUT es una iniciativa de Connecticut Public, la emisora local de NPR y PBS del estado, que busca elevar nuestras historias latinas y expandir programación que alza y informa nuestras comunidades latinas locales. Visita CTPublic.org/latino para más reportajes y recursos. Para noticias, suscríbase a nuestro boletín informativo en ctpublic.org/newsletters.

Federal funding is gone.

Congress has eliminated all funding for public media.

That means $2.1 million per year that Connecticut Public relied on to deliver you news, information, and entertainment programs you enjoyed is gone.

The future of public media is in your hands.

All donations are appreciated, but we ask in this moment you consider starting a monthly gift as a Sustainer to help replace what’s been lost.

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