#479 Find Peace in the Rollercoaster of Competition
Happiness Podcast
Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D.
4.4 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Find Peace in the Rollercoaster of Competition: A Guide to Mindful Sports Viewing
Are you a sports fan who gets caught up in the emotional rollercoaster of wins and losses? Do post-game blues or heated rivalries leave you feeling stressed rather than entertained? If so, this podcast is for you. We'll explore how to enjoy the thrill of the game without letting the outcome dictate your mood. Learn strategies for staying mindful, appreciating the beauty of sportsmanship, and finding joy in the journey, not just the destination.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the happiness podcast I'm Dr. Robert Puff. One of the greatest past times in life all around the world is our enjoyment of |
| 0:17.0 | sports for truly billions of people around the world. We love to watch our |
| 0:22.4 | sports, whether it be baseball, football, soccer, tennis, golf, car racing, |
| 0:29.2 | there's so many ways as humans we just enjoy watching our teams, our players play and when our |
| 0:36.9 | teams win they're such a thrill there it's so exciting. For many people it's the highlight of their life. They have such good memories of watching |
| 0:46.3 | their team play, of seeing their athlete perform, and they just can't wait for the season to |
| 0:52.0 | start again. And when we're younger and we watch our children play the level of |
| 0:56.7 | excitement can be just as intense and exhilarating watching them win. |
| 1:01.2 | But the obvious truth is, our teams don't always win. The person that |
| 1:07.0 | we're rooting for doesn't always make it to the final and become the champion. And to be honest, in most sports it seldom happens that the person that we're cheering |
| 1:17.0 | for wins because in almost all sports there are a lot of competitors. I mean, let's use the example of soccer, or as they call it all around the world, football. |
| 1:27.0 | If you look it up on Google, it said it's the most watched sport in the world. |
| 1:32.0 | The last World Cup was in 2022 and it was Argentina against France. |
| 1:37.8 | I think I had to get up around 5 a.m. to go watch it because it was very early here in the United States on California time. |
| 1:45.0 | And it's called the World Cup because that means there's a lot of teams all over the world. |
| 1:50.0 | I don't think every country has a soccer team, but there's a lot of soccer teams that play in the |
| 1:55.1 | World Cup and only one wins. |
| 1:58.4 | In 2026, there'll be 48 countries competing to win the World Cup here in the United States. |
| 2:05.3 | So mathematically that would mean you have 1 in 48 chance of winning |
| 2:10.1 | if you decide to align with a certain team or a certain country. |
| 2:14.0 | Well, whether you're mathematically inclined or not, |
| 2:17.0 | those aren't very good odds. |
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