Born to Win

“You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win and expect to win” - Zig Ziglar

Traveling to Rome for the first time you can’t help being confronted by the powerful drives that exist in the hearts of men and women to win. The Empire that lasted over 500 years and was the first of its kind to globalize its ambitions is immortalized in its art, architecture and legendary superiority. Shown up only by the magnificence and power of the Roman church that is still winning hearts 2000 years later.

Planning to win was the way of the gladiator forced into mortal combat. For those who wanted freedom had to plan and prepare to stay alive for 5 years travel and fight all around the empire. These men were put on show as the ultimate symbol of status, owning and sponsoring a top gladiator was the equivalent to owning a Ferrari or a Bentley today.

Gladiators schooled, trained and expected to win, no chance of survival with self-doubt and a half effort. Talk about focus attention to form and the dream to be free. Today with all the freedoms in our egalitarian fast and free society many lack the ambition to do more than wake up and watch TV.

Make your plan, know what it is you want and go at it like a gladiator, prepare hard, practice as if your life depended on it, and in the moment have the confidence of an expectant winner.

And a final modern twist in this winning tail – if you can win and take people with you, win for mankind or win for the planet. What a glorious victory we can achieve.