And it’s a win for you, and a win for you, and a win for everyone!
And it’s a win for you, and a win for you, and a win for everyone!

And it’s a win for you, and a win for you, and a win for everyone!

The oth­er day I heard on the radio a com­ment from someone who shall remain name­less, but he is the may­or of a nearby very large muni­cip­al­ity. He was speak­ing about some policy change that has been made, I don’t even remem­ber what it was, but he said this decision is a win win. It’s a win­win for these people and a win win for those people and a win win those folks over there.

Now I’ve heard this before where some­body says, “It’s a win win for both sides.”

I need to explain some­thing. It’s a win win means it is a win for this side, AND it is a win for that side. Each group gets only one win. So you don’t need to say for both sides. you just need to say it’s a win win.

If I say I want cab­bage rolls for din­ner, and Matt says he wants pero­gies… then we order the Plat­ter for Two from the pol­ish res­taur­ant Izba, which includes both pero­gies AND cab­bage rolls! It’s a win win!

See what I did there? It’s a win for Matt coz he gets what he wants, and it’s a win for me coz I get what I want. But we each get only one win. It isn’t a win­win for him AND a win­win for me. That’s just too many wins!

So, Name­less may­or, it’s a win for these people and a win for those people and a win for those folks over there. OR, you could say it’s a win win win!

 

So, in my pod­cast, when I say thank you to my fam­ily, Matt, Dav­id and Heath­er, and Mag­gie. Are they a win win win win?

Thanks to Dav­id and Shar­on. For them it would be a win win.

Cheers to the ori­gin­al six and their win win win win win win.

And a hearty thank you to you dear listeners/readers. So many wins alto­geth­er! But only one each, you see?