the winning edge

1Corinthians 9:24 - 27 (Easy-to-Read Version)

24 You know that in a race all the runners run, but only one runner gets the prize. So run like that. Run to win!

25 All who compete in the games use strict training. They do this so that they can win a prize--one that doesn't last. But our prize is one that will last forever.

26 So I run like someone who has a goal. I fight like a boxer who is hitting something, not just the air.

27 It is my own body I fight to make it do what I want. I do this so that I won't miss getting the prize myself after telling others about it.

Philippians 3:12 - 16 (Contemporary English Version)

12 I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize.

13 My friends, I don't feel that I have already arrived. But I forget what is behind, and I struggle for what is ahead.

14 I run toward the goal, so that I can win the prize of being called to heaven. This is the prize that God offers because of what Christ Jesus has done.

15 All of us who are mature should think in this same way. And if any of you think differently, God will make it clear to you.

16 But we must keep going in the direction that we are now headed.

The summary of life is about winning……….

winning……..in marriage, academics, business etc

The type of “WINNING” I’m talking about is money-

making, bottom-line winning… the kind of winning

that puts money in the bank, clothes on your back,

a nice car in your driveway…. and shoes on your

Kids 'feet!

FACT:

There really is a secret that not one in 1,000 people

knows which, when you use it, can elevate you so far

above your competition that you’ll wonder why you

never thought of it before -- and I’m going to reveal it to

you right here… right now!

What are you selling in

exchange for the money

or results you seek from

others?

Now some (maybe even you) might say “I don’t sell

anything. I’m a ________________________________

(teacher, mother, pastor, student, clerk….. fill-in-the-

blank)”

But………you must accept that fact

that you ARE a salesperson

• Accept your ideas

• Accept your point of view

• Keep paying you as an employee

• Respect you as a father / mother

• Hire you for a new job

• Keep you as a spouse

• Pay you money for any type of

service

• … and much, much more!

But there’s a problem…

… the problem is “You’re probably doing whatever

you’re doing the same way everybody else does it!”

Here’s the root of the problem…

By doing things the same way others do them, you create

for yourself a little problem we call – competition!

FACT: A state of competition exists

when customers (or family

members) look at you, then look at

other people, and compare the two

of you against each other.

As soon as others think they can make a comparison

between you and someone (or some thing) else – you

LOSE!

As soon as your prospects, customers, or family members look

at you and someone else and, in their minds, see you as equal --

you have LOST! GAME OVER!

Because no matter how good you are, if you choose to

compete directly with others in any arena of business

or life, there will ALWAYS be someone who is

• bigger

• better

• faster

• richer

• smarter

• nicer

more fun

• better looking

• earlier

• flashier

• quicker

• or cheaper than you are!

It’s a fact… if you live in the world of competition, you WILL (not

might or maybe)… you WILL eventually lose to someone else.

THE WINNING FORMULA

“How do I WIN every time I step into

the arena of life?”

CREATE

ACTION

FIND

NEW

WAYS

NEW

SOLUTION

DISCOV

ER

ORIGI

NATE

• Doing things in a different, more innovative, more

beneficial way than others currently do.

Being a creator rather than a competitor separates

you…so much that they wont even make any

comparison…..

Doing things in a new way that separates you

from the competition in the minds of your prospects.

YOU STAND ALONE………….and STANDOUT!”

Simply put………….Be DIFFERENT!”

CREATION comes with a price… a price

most people are mysteriously NOT

willing to Pay

Take Risks

DUMP the

CROWD mentality

MOVING OUT OF COMPETITION TO CREATIVITY

STEP 1: DECIDE

STEP 2: INNOVATE

STEP 3: ADD THE MAGIC MIXTURE “YOU”

STEP 4: TRUST

to be different

Innovation means finding a new use for an existing tool or technique

Deploy your unique personality in everything you do

Trust that you do contribute value.

Trust that, you’ll get better over time with practice

Creativity makes you unique… uniqueness makes you indispensable… indispensablepeople have no competition! …….

- “Jim’s Law of Creativity & Competition”

So Help

Us GOD