There has been a trend afoot for a number of years to give people participation awards, particularly to children in sporting competitions. They are told that turning up and participating in an event is what really matters and it’s not important if you lose. Former Olympian and LA Galaxy soccer star Cobi Jones does an excellent job of debunking this mentality is this video from PragerU and explains why feeling the pain of losing is so important to winning.
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