Why You Are Not a Loser

Despite what we might think, there are no such things as ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ in life. Those who win in some areas will lose in others - and vice versa. The task lies in working out where our true successes and failures lie.

FURTHER READING

“Our societies have advanced tendencies to label certain people ‘winners’ and others – logically enough – ‘losers’. Aside from the evident meanness of this categorisation, the underlying problem with it is the suggestion that life might be a unitary, singular race, at the conclusion to which one could neatly rank all the competitors from highest to lowest…”

MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE

Watch more films on SELF in our playlist:

SOCIAL MEDIA

Feel free to follow us at the links below:

CREDITS

Produced in collaboration with:

Mike Booth

Title animation produced in collaboration with

Vale Productions

[tauntaun]

“There’s no competition between the sun and the moon. They shine when it’s their time.”

[TheVibeMindset]

How you label yourself is how you see yourself. You act in alignment with those labels so choose wisely.

[FutureMindset]

"You can't judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree"

-Albert Einstein

[anshuman]

You cannot be losers at every race.

Me: Challenge accepted

[doctordolldesigns]

"If one cannot be a winner at everything, then is it safe to say that one cannot also be a loser at everything."
Most comforting words I have ever heard..

[dirtyunclehubert]

“In a way, you’ve already won in this world because you’re the only one who can be you.”
Mr. Rogers

[josyjosy]

A lot of kindness from the school of life. I cannot be more thankful. True suffering is when we are crushed under unnecessary measurements.

[haisesasaki]

Unfortunately, today's society has been pushing us to evaluate our values according to financial accomplishments and productivity, sitting aside what makes us a human society like empathy, collaburation and trust. This actually creats more distance between successful narcissists and ambitious people who want to add a real meaning to our lives.

[soniaperezportillo]

I'm early today just to give kudos to the animator.
Seriously, that madlad rendered FINGERPRINTS on the diferent props.

[sparshchugh]

The comments saying "first" on this video are most ironical comments ever.

[gc]

Great job with the stop motion!!! The camera work is subtle and wonderful.

[reallifepsych]

When I put wine in my ice cream, I feel like both a winner and a loser haha

[havazmohammed]

His girlfriend called him a loser yesterday, this is how he retaliates

[philipfisch]

Building multiple streams of Income is exactly what everyone should be pursuing right now.

Alain, I’ve been conditioned to feel hope when I hear your voice.

[myriadmediamusings]

Before the video starts I will say half sarcastically half seriously you become a winner only when you no longer give a damn when people call you a loser or you stop feeling that you yourself are a loser.

[ShiftyL]

I'm a winner at being jobless and living with my parents with no friends or lovers.

[neurotransmission]

Or how about life isn’t a competition, and measuring yourself by other people’s accomplishments isn’t a valid way to determine self-worth?

[hwggeggtgwygahgsh]

Let everyone be the light, I'm happy being the darkness....

[PsychedelicActualization]

"I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work."
~Thomas A. Edison ❤️🙏🏽