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Better Than Happy

544. Stop Playing to Not Lose. Start Playing to Win.

Better Than Happy

Jody Moore

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Education, Self-improvement

4.85.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever noticed how much energy you spend trying to avoid failure?

 

Whether it's in your relationships, your career, or even your health goals, most of us are unconsciously playing to not lose instead of playing to win. The truth is, when we operate from fear and protection mode, we miss out on the extraordinary possibilities available to us. And this week, I'm examining how this cautious approach keeps us living small, unfulfilling lives.

 

Tune in this week to discover how the difference between playing to not lose and playing to win shows up everywhere in our lives. You'll hear specific examples of what playing to win looks like versus playing to not lose, and how to override your brain's basic survival wiring that keeps you in defensive mode.

 

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://jodymoore.com/544

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

In any area of life that matters to any one of us, there are people, majority of people, I would say,

0:07.8

who are playing to not lose. They approach relationships so as not to offend anybody, not to upset

0:16.8

anyone. They approach their money and their business goals in a way that says, make sure we don't

0:24.1

lose money. Make sure we're not losing in this area of business that we're not failing in some way.

0:30.0

And they approach even their health goals from the aspect of let's not get sick instead of let's get strong and let's create what we want.

0:41.8

Now, I want you to take a guess at which group of people are achieving the kinds of levels

0:49.1

of success that you're going to want in your life, my friend.

0:51.3

They're the ones playing to win.

0:53.7

They approach everything

0:55.1

from the aspect of how could I win? Now, in order to win, we risk losing and we need to account

1:03.0

for that as well. We're going to dive into that topic today, my friend, because I want you to be

1:07.7

the kind of person who is playing to win because that is the only way to win.

1:13.3

Let's go.

1:15.7

Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves.

1:23.0

My name is Jody Moore.

1:25.0

In the decade plus, I've been working with clients as a master certified coach,

1:29.7

I've helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered. And from empowered, the things that

1:35.4

seemed hard become trivial. And the things that seemed impossible become available. And suddenly a

1:42.7

whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do

1:48.1

you do with that? Well, that's the question. What will you do? Let's find out. Sometimes listening to a podcast

1:59.7

is enough, but sometimes you'll feel inspired to go deeper.

2:04.1

If you hear things that speak to you in today's episode, consider it your invitation to a complimentary coaching workshop.

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