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Are You Playing to Play, or Playing to Win?
if you do, you will quickly realize that these terms are loaded. What is competition? How does it work? How do organizations “win”? What, exactly, does superior performance mean?
Joan Magretta • Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy
What Kind of Game are You Playing
In the 1999 tennis book, Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Tennis Player, author Simon Ramo broke down the difference between amateur and professional tennis, writing that they were two different types of games:
Amateur tennis is a Loser's Game: 80% of points are lost on unforced errors. You win by avoiding error
SUBGAME A: Perfect-o THESIS: How good can I get? In Perfect-o, “good” is measured against a standard of performance. In golf, it is measured against par; in tennis, against self-conceived expectations or those of parents, coach or friends. AIM: Perfection; to reach the highest standard possible. MOTIVE: The desire to prove oneself. OBSTACLES: Exter
... See moreW Timothy Gallwey • The Inner Game of Tennis: The classic guide to the mental side of peak performance
Choosing the least risky strategy, on a per-play basis, is often the worst strategy if you want to win the game. If you’re looking to score the most runs (or the most points or goals if we’re talking about a different sport), you can’t go around running scared. The right play is the return-maximizing play almost every time, even if it feels “too ri... See more
Hedges Are for Gardens
activity involves skill: ask if you can lose on purpose.