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Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« on: December 20, 2008, 01:55:21 PM »
In my bodybuilding documentary Raising the Bar, Dave Pulcinella, a few weeks before the big contest, answers the question “What motivates you?” this way...

”What motivates me?? Fear of losing. It CAN NOT happen!”



Many other BB competitors have told me that they identify with that statement. What strikes me as strange is that it mentions “losing”, a negative concept that I didn’t think competitors would embrace.



And then I read in Time magazine that Rachel Maddow, the tough, controversial and very successful MSNBC talk show host admits that, “...her driving force is a fear of failure”!



I began to wonder if that was a motivating force for many successful people. Is that true for you or do you find motivation other ways?


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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2008, 01:56:40 PM »
All the fucking time. I got to the gym to go to war with the iron. If I am not in pain or screaming then I am not training hard enough.


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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2008, 01:57:05 PM »

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2008, 02:41:31 PM »
All the fucking time. I got to the gym to go to war with the iron. If I am not in pain or screaming then I am not training hard enough.



if your thong is still clean at the end then nothing worthy happened.

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2008, 02:57:32 PM »
if your thong is still clean at the end then nothing worthy happened.

hahahaha

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2008, 03:14:54 PM »
All the fucking time. I got to the gym to go to war with the iron. If I am not in pain or screaming then I am not training hard enough.



haha 2 posts and hes in timeout

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2008, 03:16:18 PM »
haha 2 posts and hes in timeout

haha i already like this guy.

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The "Will to Win" is a key success trait in life.
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2008, 03:21:16 PM »
The "will to win" is a key success trait in life. It may sound conceded, but you must WANT to be the BEST. I haven't even heard of a successful person without a big ego, you become what you believe. In fact, the first thing I know about a successful person when I meet them is that they have a big ego.

This doesn't mean being arrogant, either, it just means the desire to be better than you are now. The desire to improve, to NOT accept the status quo. People need to avoid complaining in life, people need to quit thinking about what they don't want and start thinking about what they do want. MAKE IT A HABIT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL ALWAYS TEND TO DO.  ;)

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2008, 03:25:17 PM »
losing what? i mean that dave guy may train like a beast but hes still stucked up with horrible genetics, there you go.

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2008, 03:27:06 PM »
In my bodybuilding documentary Raising the Bar, Dave Pulcinella, a few weeks before the big contest, answers the question “What motivates you?” this way...

”What motivates me?? Fear of losing. It CAN NOT happen!”



Many other BB competitors have told me that they identify with that statement. What strikes me as strange is that it mentions “losing”, a negative concept that I didn’t think competitors would embrace.



And then I read in Time magazine that Rachel Maddow, the tough, controversial and very successful MSNBC talk show host admits that, “...her driving force is a fear of failure”!



I began to wonder if that was a motivating force for many successful people. Is that true for you or do you find motivation other ways?


no offense but hasnt Dave lost nearly every show he's been in?

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2008, 03:41:02 PM »
rachel maddow is the unfunny lesbian who cant yet read the teleprompter correctly which follows the keith olbermann show on MSNBC.  she needs to cut the schtick and stick with the facts.

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2008, 04:19:49 PM »
the fear of looking anything like dave pulcinella motivates me...

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2008, 04:27:10 PM »
no.

but fear of one day looking like this one day does though.

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #13 on: February 02, 2009, 05:33:17 PM »
the fear of looking anything like dave pulcinella motivates me...

Proof once again that getbig is the bottom of the barrel. No fukcin' respect.

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2009, 06:20:25 PM »
Oh brother  ::)  Pussy motivates me. 

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2009, 02:20:55 AM »
Proof once again that getbig is the bottom of the barrel. No fukcin' respect.
But I was being honest

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2009, 12:59:58 PM »
But I was being honest

Oh. I guess I can't fault you for that! LOL!

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2009, 08:49:14 PM »
no.

but fear of one day looking like this one day does though.




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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2009, 08:50:43 PM »
Fear of losing last nights supper into the seat of my sweat pants during squat day motivates me to leave the gym.

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #19 on: February 04, 2009, 10:01:07 PM »
Fear of losing last nights supper into the seat of my sweat pants during squat day motivates me to leave the gym.
I've had to cut workouts short to go home to take a shit cuz I didn't feel like using the nasty toilets in the locker room. 

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2009, 05:38:43 AM »
Nope.  Fear should never be a motivator.

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2009, 07:28:35 AM »
Nope.  Fear should never be a motivator.

Tell that to Bill Gates!

"Fear should guide you but it should be latent. I consider failure on a regular basis." - Bill Gates, July 1994

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2009, 07:54:29 AM »
I always lose my cars keys >:(

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2009, 08:12:44 AM »
Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?

No - i couldnt give a shit - next question?

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Re: Does "fear of losing" motivate you?
« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2009, 08:19:58 AM »
Pathetic.

Forget about win or lose.

Just grow as much as possible and dry as much as possible before the show.

No more complication. BBing is not Boxing.

Its all about hard cut big muscle. Nothing more nothing less.