What's Healthy About Competition

We all have a little competitive edge inside of us. Some of us have more than a little, LOL. But when does it become detrimental? Here is an excerpt from www.redroom.com that gives an excellent breakdown of healthy competition vs. unhealthy competition:



"Healthy competition encourages everyone involved to push themselves harder than they would have without competition, and as a result they achieve more personal or professional growth whether they won or lost. Healthy competition expands the boundaries of what you believed was possible for yourself. And it encourages you to admit to others that you’re ambitious.



Unhealthy competition is when your reaction to others’ success is negative, rather than inspiring and motivating to you. Unhealthy competition is where you hope others have limitations because you are afraid your limitations will cause you to lose unless they are somehow held back. Unhealthy competition is where you associate shame with losing rather than see your own nobility for trying."



In a nutshell, what makes competition unhealthy is the lack of self-esteem. Compete to push yourself beyond your limits and not to the detriment of yourself or others. There's still success in trying.



<====this doesn't look too healthy, LOL!