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In the book “Engineering Design: A Day in the Life of Four Engineers,” the new engineers find themselves with a task of designing an electric car. They don’t know the assignment is just an exercise to better teach them and provide valuable training that would have occurred any other way. So the moral is simple: If you don’t know you can’t succeed, you have a better chance of accomplishing the goal.

This is true of a lot of things from sports to school and throughout life. Failure or losing may cause a lack of effort and distract the participant from the main goal. However if you just play your game (or work to your hardest) victories occur. I once heard a highschool coach say something like, “When you work your hardest, give it your best no matter what, that is when opportunities present themselves.” In other words if you give up you will never see those opportunities. Opportunities that may be the way to win the game. So, “when you work as hard as you can, good things will happen.”

Just like this Sunday (01-22-2006), the Steelers will beat the Broncos. Not just because they are the more talented, but because of their desire to succeed. The defense is going to allow some first downs and at the start of the game Denver’s offense might be in a zone, but the Steeler are going to hold them to a field goal on their first drive. This should be followed by a slow start, but steady Steeler’s drive that gets a touchdown and sets the pace of the game.

Ok, so I don’t know the specifics, but the Steelers are going to win even lacking home field advantage and considered the underdog. They are going to win because they put their best effort into the game while not worrying about failing. They are just going to play their game.

But until the Steelers win on Sunday... May the Creative Force be with You