Why competition sucks

[Cyrano]

Competition not only sucks, it could even be unhealthy.

From kindergarten on, we are all taught to compete. After all, how do you get ahead on planet Earth if you don’t compete and win?

One of the very first lessons we learn about competition in kindergarten is musical chairs. What a game. The music stops, you grab a chair, and try to maul anyone who gets in your way.

It’s my belief that competition should be listed as the eighth deadly sin. Think about it. The absolute best that anyone can possibly do is the absolute best that anyone can do. How does competition change or improve on someone’s best?

Each and every one of us has something that we’re really good at. And the most fortunate people in the world are those who have discovered what their good at and can make a living at it.

If the human species could only drop the concept of competition, it’s just possible there would be no more wars and a lot less of the man-made horrors that plague humanity.

So prove me wrong. If sports teams, or presidential candidates, or administrative assistants, or students just did the best they could possibly do, why would the idea of competition need to come into play?

Perhaps humans have some kind of built-in need to be better than others.

But hear this. I have held this belief since I was a child. I spent my life working at what I was good at and I've made a decent living. And never once did the concept of competition enter my mind. All I did was the best I could possibly do. And it had nothing at all to do with anyone else's best.

Okay, fire away and tell me all the reasons you think I’m wrong. And I promise I won’t compete with you by trying to outdo your post.