Bronze And Silver

 

After almost a month of fervour, frenzy and fan moments, the Olympics are finally over. These games have seen many bittersweet experiences many highs and lows and certain not so admirable instances.

However, a recent article which I was reading has set me thinking. It was about how usually a bronze medalist is happier than a silver medalist, owing to the fact that they atleast secured a winning place. On the other hand the one winning the silver regrets over the fact that they could not win the gold medal.

This is a common psychological phenomenon where humans tend to undermine their present concrete achievements or privileges and think about better possible outcomes. Simply put, they do not acknowledge what they have and crib about what could have been. Just like the bronze winner being happy even after getting the third position while silver winner is upset over not achieving the first position. 

This behaviour possibly stems from the fact that the bronze medalist accepts that getting a third position is better than not getting any position at all, and had they been one spot down, there wouldn't be any medal at all. For them bronze medal is far better than no medal because it is atleast a winning spot. On the other hand the silver winner regards it as a loss or a missed win. They think that if they could win silver they could win a gold as well. So for them, it is more of a lost spot, the position which they get because they couldn't win.

Ironically, the lesser winning person is happier than the better winning one. But that's how human mind works.

However, at the end of the day it is what it is. You've won what you've won and you've lost if you've lost. The best thing to do is to keep going so that maybe next time you could get that gold. But don't be disheartened and don't refrain from celebrating that silver which was won with your blood and sweat. Its always good to be better than the best, but life isn't meaningless if you couldn't do that.

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