Right, but what your essentially saying is that "winning" is something done through luck like winning at a game. What you're talking about is strategic. So I wo

Right, but what your essentially saying is that "winning" is something done through luck like winning at a game. What you're talking about is strategic. So I wouldn't say you "won" first place. You put together a solid plan that earned you the top spot. That's all I'm trying to say. I would stop using the phrase that you won first place. It's confusing.