Beside oneself

Losers | A netflix original series

We live in a winner take all society where losing is laughed off, dismissed and shamed. But what do we miss when we turn our back on the lessons that failure gives us?

We live in a society in which people believe that winning is everything and losing can be hard for people to handle. This docuseries uses sports as a guide to examine the psychology of losing as people find ways to handle failure. Each episode of "Losers" dives into the story of a person or team that has failed to live up to expectations or secure victory in their sport. But in some cases out of the failure came success. Stories include boxer Michael Bentt, who suffered a knockout loss that changed his life and helped him find his true passion.