How to Be Gracious in Defeat

When we were kids, my younger brother developed a diabolical strategy for winning at Monopoly. If I asked if he wanted to play, he’d say yes, but only if I would set up the board. I’d carefully count out $1500 per player in various denominations and organize the deeds so that the banker (me) would have an easier time later on.

When the game was ready, my brother would look at the board, say, “You know what? Naw. I don’t feel like it.”  Then he’d go outside.

Yeah, technically we didn’t play the game, but I can tell you, as I sat there, putting all of the bills away, I didn’t feel like a winner.

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