“See you in the sandbox”
I am secretly very competitive, like most of us. I have read some interesting books lately including, “How to work with difficult people,” “Reinventing your self,” & “Saying no to negativity...” And in this reading marathon I just went through, I came to the conclusion that competitive motivation can be harmful.
Friendly competitions can be fun and spark motivation, but as soon as your self-motivation becomes other person competitive, that is when you loose the meaning of your purpose. Especially working with others closely, competition can ruin relationships, and lead to foggy brains and mistakes.
In high school I ran in track, the 1600 mostly. I was competitive, but never placed in the top three, except this one time when there were only three runners and I got 2nd place...so I ran to beet my own records. Every race I would lower my goal mile time by a few seconds, and every race my time got better. My personal best kept improving, that is what is most important.
-Hailey Schultz
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