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Learning How to Lose
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Gerald R. Ford's Material from the Writing of "A Time to Heal"
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President Gerald R. Ford's handwritten reflections, 1977 or 1978
Scanned from the collection Gerald R. Ford: Materials from the writing of A Time
To Heal at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
While writing his autobiography, A Time to Heal (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), President
Gerald R. Ford composed a series of personal reflections on twenty-seven topics. What makes
these documents so unusual is not only their introspection but also their form. President Ford
recorded these observations by hand, writing in blue ball point on his favored yellow writing
tablets. He did not expend time and energy to polish and edit his writing, apparently planning to
do so when incorporating them into the book. Therefore occasional spelling or grammatical
errors or incomplete thoughts appear.
For each reflection the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library has scanned President Ford's
handwritten document and added a Library-produced transcription below to aid in reading the
reflection.
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Learning How to You
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so you can do better nefot time. The desappointments
should not demond The spirit, mattle one's composure,
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can be a new incentive to much and achieve
higher goals
Learning How to Lose
In this highly competitive society there is always a winner and a loser. Even the best sometimes
lose because of circumstances beyond their control or because of unintended mistakes. To walk
off the playing field as a sorehead, or with a public display, is not good for one's conscience or
for one's reputation.
Losing should be looked upon as a lesson so you can do better next time. The disappointments
should not [unrecognized word] the spirit, rattle one's composure, sidetrack a well organized
plan or preclude another effort. Learning to lose is to recognize that one setback is not the end
but in reality can be a new incentive to reach and achieve higher goals.