The Slim Margin of Success

The difference between winning and losing is sometimes
very slight. There were eight finalists in the men’s 100-
meter dash at the 1976 Olympics. The Gold Medal winner beat the eighth man by less than half a second.
There are five million people engaged in selling in
America. Can you imagine what our gross national product would be if each of them had made just one more
sale last year? In sports, business, politics, or Scouting,
winning isn’t everything, but it sure beats losing