Poll: You’re on a serious losing streak? How do you plan to bounce back from these adversities?

**Master Raiden**

It's nice to win and beat everyone all the time, but getting beaten by someone at something you thought you were good at is also a valuable reality check and can serve as some motivation to improve even further.

I'm probably more motivated by competition than anything else.
It's difficult to know how good you are at something if you are just doing it alone, or are far better than everyone else and don't really have anyone better to compare yourself to which can make you complacent and halt further growth.

For the past year and a bit, I have been playing GeoGuessr at work and managed to become pretty dominant in the weekly games I played with my team. I once managed to win 8 games in a row and rarely came 2nd or 3rd.
Then I started playing with people from a different team and all of a sudden, I was consistently 3rd. I think I am on a 7 week streak of being 3rd now and I think I would have gotten complacent if it weren't for better people beating me.

Also, for the GeoGuessr link above, just press Tab until the oval-shaped button on the left is highlighted, then press Space and you can play without signing up.

Poll: You’re on a serious losing streak? How do you plan to bounce back from these adversities? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
I’ll just dust myself off and keep trying. It’s really that simple. I’m not a quitter.	33.33%	1	33.33%
If I’m getting beaten that badly, then I might is well forfeit and move on. There’s nothing that I can do at that point.	0%	0	0%
Come up with a better strategy to beat my opponent in whatever game it is that I’m playing.	33.33%	1	33.33%
It’s useless man… I’m cooked! They’ve gotten the best of me and there’s nothing that I can do about it.	0%	0	0%
I hate losing! I’ll just have to learn from that person (while maintaining my competitive edge) and get back into the game. You can knock me down to the ground a few times, but eventually I’ll get back up and destroy you!	33.33%	1	33.33%
Give up. It’s that simple. I don’t have the energy to deal with adversity like that. At some point you just need to decide whether it’s really worth your time and energy trying to figure out a way to defeat your opponent in whatever game it is.	0%	0	0%
Total		3 vote(s)	100%