21: Positive Paranoia Powers Serious Players

Did you know that serious players have very high self-esteem? Today we're continuing with our series about serious play, where Ray has been sharing the various characteristics of serious players. Today, we will be looking at characteristic number four, positive paranoia, which is one of Ray's favorite topics. Listen in, to find out what Ray has to share about positive paranoia and serious players.

What Ray and Brenda discovered, while doing their interviews and research over four years about serious players, is that serious players assume that if people really understood them, they would value them. So serious players believe that all the things that people are saying about them behind their backs are positive. And all the people who Ray and Brenda interviewed, who described themselves as serious players, had really high self-esteem. Tune in now, to find out about the kind self-confidence that serious players all have.

Show Highlights:

All the people who described themselves as serious players had very high self-esteem and they saw themselves as truly having value. The serious players all had self-confidence and they didn't have doubts. The serious players that Ray and Brenda interviewed were people who all looked at the glass as three-quarters full, not half full, particularly as it related to them. Serious players tend to get criticized for being arrogant and overly self-confident. Serious players don't take the criticism that's leveled at them very seriously. Ray tells the story of Willy Brown. Because of their positivity, serious players believe in themselves and they can go into places that other people are very fearful of going. Serious players are authentic, they are comfortable in their own skins, they have a high degree of personal integrity, and they enjoy being themselves. Serious players are very happy and they're self-contained. Ray talks about his grandfather, who helped Ray discover his own positive paranoia. How to start tapping into your own authenticity. How learning to accept compliments allows us to discover and appreciate our value. The more we lose and give, the more we will have. Most times, our value is hidden in plain sight and we just don't recognize it.

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