What makes competition a positive force over a negative force? And what is the definition of healthy versus unhealthy competition?<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you continuously compete with others, you become bitter, but if you continuously compete with yourself, you become better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s start by talking about Healthy Competition.\u00a0 Healthy Competition can help to motivate people to put in that extra effort and perform at a higher level than they might have done otherwise. \u00a0It can give extra drive and ambition that help someone to do more.\u00a0 It can add fun and excitement to the task or project you are trying to win or succeed in.<\/p>\n Competition becomes unhealthy or negative when you cannot feel happy for other people who win or succeed.\u00a0 Competition becomes unhealthy when you find yourself hoping that the other person will not perform well so that you will have a higher chance of winning, rather than wanting to win based on your own better effort.<\/p>\n \u201cStop competing with others. Start competing with yourself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The reality is that if it wasn\u2019t for competition we might find ourselves settling for mediocrity.\u00a0 So competition is important in helping push us to succeed.\u00a0But it is how we decide to compete that makes it a healthy or an unhealthy experience.\u00a0 If we can use competition to motivate and push us to give something our entire effort then it\u2019s positive and healthy in our lives.\u00a0 We should always hope that we can win because we gave it 100% and we should focus entirely on our own performance instead of banking on someone else doing poorly in order for us to succeed.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0If we can do that then we can keep competition in our lives a healthy and positive motivator that will help us become the very best we can be.<\/p>\n \u201cA flower does not think of competing to the next flower, it just blooms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Have an awesome day!<\/p>\n ~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What makes competition a positive force over a negative force? 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