How to tell a winner

The poem - how to tell a winner makes me think about me as a human being, me as a person. Am I a winner or am I a loser? And is it, as a matter of fact, that simple to tell a winner from a loser? Can I live a successful life and achieve great things, and still think the thoughts that a loser thinks? And do I know for certain that I will achieve my biggest dreams and my goals, by living and thinking like a winner? I think, that if it is the way, that the poem describes it to be, finding happiness would be a piece of cake. But on the other hand.... It could be this easy, if I am of the conviction that, I am a winner, and if I act like a winner, I must be a winner? Even though others don't see me as a winner, it really doesn't matter. All that matters is what I believe in. And if I think that I am the best dancer in the world. Why care what others opinions are? Isn't that right? Isn't it all about confidence? It isn't easy making others love you, if you don't love yourself. And if your confidence is on a zero, it is impossible to convince yourself that you are a winner. Even though everybody else thinks, that you are a winner, and they maybe admire you, doesn't it matter, if you don't believe in it yourself. And then they will also start to doubt if you really are a winner. Your own conviction is all that matters. It is easy just saying: "I was wrong", that doesn't make you a winner. The hard part is to convince yourself that you can do better, and you can be the best. And that isn't a piece of cake; it requires hard work, to learn to have a good confidence. I think that most people don't reach the stage, of having a continuous good confidence in their lifetime. I think that it is impossible to achieve happiness in life, without loving yourself. And I can tell you, for sure, that I need to work with my own self-confidence. It is easy to think about it, and make promises to oneself, and saying: "Well I ought to get moving, and do something about my lack of confidence" but the hard part is to really do something and work with it. There are no easy ways out on this. Actually there is no easy way out on anything. If you always choose the easiest way out, it will strike back at you sometime.