Lara's Mahjong Edit

Lara's Mahjong Edit

What Losing a Lot of Games Taught Me About Confidence

The losses were not the obstacle. They were the lesson.

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Lara
Jul 09, 2026
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Before I ever won consistently, I lost. A lot. For a long stretch, sitting down to play meant sitting down to lose, and I let that quietly chip away at me.

Looking back, those losses were not the thing standing between me and confidence. They were how I built it. Here is what they taught me.

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