It's also similar to what one of the older budo teachers said (the text is at home, I'm paraphrasing what I understood):
Mindsets for going into battle/duels can be:
1) Believe you are stronger and will win. It's weak because if it turns out you are not you will lose heart easily.
2) Convince yourself you are stronger without taking data into account. (As in, be positive.) Weak for the same reason.
3) Believe you are doing the right thing, and you want to do it regardless of outcome. According to this teacher, here lies true strength because you will not lose heart even against a stronger opponent.
Outside competing contexts, I tend to think you should give 100% regardless of outcome, but not dismissing it since it's also the greatest data to learn from.
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It's also similar to what one of the older budo teachers said (the text is at home, I'm paraphrasing what I understood):
Mindsets for going into battle/duels can be:
1) Believe you are stronger and will win. It's weak because if it turns out you are not you will lose heart easily.
2) Convince yourself you are stronger without taking data into account. (As in, be positive.) Weak for the same reason.
3) Believe you are doing the right thing, and you want to do it regardless of outcome. According to this teacher, here lies true strength because you will not lose heart even against a stronger opponent.
Outside competing contexts, I tend to think you should give 100% regardless of outcome, but not dismissing it since it's also the greatest data to learn from.