All Rights Reserved. All material from The Docket provided via this World Wide Web server is copyrighted by the Denver Bar Association. Before accessing any specific article, click here for disclaimer information. The Art of Losing A good and gracious loser is actually a winner. My wife tells me I've lost my mind.
Business is gauged by profit and loss.
My dad constantly loses his keys. Kidding aside, we attorneys deal with losses and defeats more than most because of the adversarial nature of our profession. Lawyers are pitted against one another in trial, during deals, in hearings, during discovery disputes, in administrative proceedings, during divorce proceedings, etc. Ours is a profession marked by daily wins, and daily losses. In a profession where losing is so prevalent, it's appropriate to sit back and reflect on the notion of losing.