There’s a hard truth most people don’t want to hear: loser is contagious.
Not failure—failure can teach. Not defeat—defeat can humble and forge resilience. But loser—that self-pitying, excuse-making, standards-averse mindset that infects one person after another until a whole group stops trying, stops caring, and stops believing.

It’s not about being better than others. It’s about refusing to be dragged down to the level of those who have surrendered. Because surrender, too, spreads. The moment you allow mediocrity to justify itself in your circle, you’re already breathing in the fumes of decay.