Stress will make you significantly better if you learn to accept it as a challenge—or, stress will contribute to your death if you let it control your life. Learn techniques to recognize and use stress as a supplement to your talent.

Adversity is a part of life, both personally and professionally. Talent and persistence will enable you to recover over time. Learn how to recover quicker than other people. Winners recover faster.

A simple philosophy: If you don't play to win in whatever you do, don't play the game. Winners play to win; survivors play to not lose. Learn what winners do to separate themselves from the crowd.

Why do many people have talent, but so few win consistently? Winners learn how to coach others on their team. Winners also recognize leaders and let them lead. Learn how to coach yourself and others.

Change is scary. It causes anxiety, creates discomfort and may even create a survival mentality. But change is a necessary and exciting part of winning. Change stirs emotions and eliminates the possibility of complacency. Accepting the challenges presented by change determines who wins and who loses.

Most talented people will fail in a negative environment. A positive environment will enable you to win, not cause you to lose. Learn how to create a positive environment in which talented, motivated people want to work.