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OK, we're gonna borrow an "If-Then" statement from the greatest basketball player of all

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time: MJ said:  If you accept the expectations of others...,

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then you never will change the outcome.

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The statement is a CONDITIONAL one - that is... given the CONDITION that you accept

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the low expectations of others - like you just accept that you're gonna be a total loser

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and end up doing pretty much nothing with your life... because you listen to your critics

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... then you'll never change their minds and be the successful person that's inside you.

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Or something like that.

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Mathematically said, consider the variable P to equal "I accept that I am a loser - thank

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 you critics <beeeep>"; And then consider the variable Q to be "Then I'll be a loser."

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If P is true, then Q will be true.   That is, if I listen to my detractors, then I'll

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lose.  So the If/then type of conditional statements

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will come at you from all kinds of angles. Like... spin some things around by assuming

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the opposites. If P is NOT true - that is, P is FALSE,  that is, if you DONT listen

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to your critics then you'll have the chance to change things - to NOT be a loser. 

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Does it work the other way around? Like ... if you'll have the chance to change your life,

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to upgrade it - THEN will you listen to your critics? If Q is true, then will P be true?

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In this case, maybe. No guarantees though. 

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that's called the Converse and is not even remotely related to the brand that once competed

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with…

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<swoosh logo> 

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yeah, them. 

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So what if you know that P is false - that you WONT listen to your critics, then does

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that mean Q will be false as well - ie that you'll be a winner and not a loser? No guarantees

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but you get the idea. That's called the INverse.

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And the last flavor in this little <dance?> is the CONTRAPositive and has nothing to do

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with false pregnancy signs. 

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If Q is false, then is P also false? If you are NOT going to end up a total loser then

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will you also listen to your critics? 

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Take our advice – be like Mike.

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Just don’t take a couple years off to play baseball.

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