Chapter 13. Winning and Losing Practices

The big winners did so much better than the big losers for four reasons:

  • They occupied sweet spots.

  • They had the agility to move into these spots.

  • They had the discipline to protect these spots.

  • They had the focus to exploit and extend these spots.

The big losers had the opposite characteristics:

  • They were in sour spots.

  • They were too rigid to move out of these spots.

  • They were inept at defending the positions in which they found themselves.

  • They were not able to hone in on these spots and extend and exploit them.

This chapter summarizes the traits that distinguish the big winners from the big losers. It recapitulates the main argument of the book about what it takes to succeed in the long run. It revisits the idea ...

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