.

Two ways of playing

April 6th, 2006

Krishna is perplexed by the attitude of his friend who plays loosely as he plays sport for fun. He writes:

When I play, I am eagerly trying to win. However, winning is not an end in itself. Winning is not even the primary goal. Primary goal is to play as well as I can. I can not have fun if I know that I am not playing as well as I can.

But what is fun? Two schools of thought:

  1. Giving it your best shot and trying to win. You relish the thrill you gets in the process.
  2. Playing just for the sake of it.

I play my sport the way Krishna plays his. However, I have also encountered people who play like Krishna’s friend.

How do you play your sport?

Tags: .