Navigating the Run of Life: Lessons From the Run of the Game

People who believe in the US say that run of life is like run of the game: all highs and lows, unpredictable Life throws many a challenge at us as we grow, just like all the things that have to be adapted to as the run of the game changes in sports or board games. Success lies not in managing every outcome, but shaping your response to life as it unfolds. The run of the game has taught us to go with momentum, lose, and win. The run of life, whether in the work place or relationships or among other activities all goes up and down like you see with any game: runs going your way then taking a bad turn. Many Americans, meanwhile, have come to view competitiveness as a virtue in both realms. But the real growth is from allowing the run of life to shape you, rather than trying to order up how the game is played. The acceptance of uncertainty gives us strength, by observing patterns in common between the run of life and the run of the game. At the end of the day, running life is approached best as running game — perform with patience, flexibility and emotional investment. The more we embrace unpredictability, as a player accepts twists during the run of the game, the more we are prepared for whatever is next in this run of life.