You may like to compete. You may hate it. But when you must compete to earn something that matters to you, it doesn’t matter whether or not you like it. Personal preference takes a back seat to the nature of competition.
Those who compete harder and longer for what they want gain an advantage. So do those who compete with more focus and higher skill. As do those who compete with unapologetic confidence when they feel capable and unflinching courage when they feel doubt.
As I explained yesterday, the biggest competitive advantage—but not the only—is stepping forward into competitive action without hesitation or fear of losing.
Feel however you want to feel about competing. Love it, loathe it, crave it, tolerate it. That’s up to you. But your feelings don’t change the nature of competition. Your feelings change how you compete. Your feelings change whether you even try.
Don’t waste time thinking about whether you like to compete. Competition is a timeless mechanism sometimes required to determine authority, direction, standards, course of action, or who gets what. It’s one of the ways we resolve issues so we can move forward.
Earning what you want requires that you compete well enough to earn it. Protecting what you care about requires that you compete well enough to protect it. Compete well and you will earn and protect the things you care about.
If not, you run the real risk of losing things you care about to those who compete better, harder, and longer.
Event + Response = Outcome. Do the work.
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