What Losing The Big Game Taught Me... | We Went 10-0 Then Lost | Lessons From Losing

What Losing The Big Game Taught Me... | We Went 10-0 Then Lost | Lessons From Losing

From Jared and James by Jared Weiss

July 17, 2026 · 20 min

About this episode

Jared Weiss reflects on the valuable lessons learned from losing a championship game after a perfect season.

What happens when everything is going according to plan... and then you lose? This season, the basketball team I coached finished the regular season (who came on the podcast a few months back) 10-0 and entered the playoffs with championship aspirations. We were the top seed, the team everyone expected to win, and for the first time in my coaching career, we weren't the underdogs. Then everything changed. After falling behind 23-1, we fought all the way back, still lost. As painful as that loss was, it taught me some valuable lessons about passion, resilience, perspective, and why one setback never defines a season—or a life. In this episode, I share the biggest lessons I learned from losing, why you should never be afraid to care deeply about something, and how sometimes our greatest growth comes from the moments that don't go according to plan. I loved this team and even though things didn't go according to plan, we had an amazing experience with no stones unturned. Tune in now… ____ ____ Link to Buy my Book "Fight Through It” as well as 100% Organic Motivational T-Shirts and contact info… www.jaredryanweiss.com Check out our affiliate links to some…

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