How do you handle "Competition"?

I had wanted to write about this for a while but I sure did not know which angle to write from. Everyone sure knows what "Competition" means but I will like to awaken your consciousness (that is, if you do not already know) to the fact that we have what is called an "Healthy Competition " and an "Unhealthy Competition".

In my own words, an "Healthy Competition" can mean when two or more people are striving to achieve a common goal for personal gratification without wishing one another any negativity whatsoever while an "Unhealthy Competition" obviously means the opposite.

The above brings me to an opinion that although  some people practice healthy competitions but unhealthy competitions are more prevalent in this generation of ours. Friends want to see their friends fail just because they are not succeeding in their own pursuits.

Therefore, the question remains; "How do you react to competition?". To every man their own but I will like to toss my own side of the coin. Some years ago when I was in school, I always felt compelled to work very hard in school and come out with the best grades majorly because I never wanted to dissapoint my parents.

Year by year, I worked harder and harder in my studies just to maintain the top grade. And whenever a new student who is absolutely intelligent comes to my class. I would begin to read more and work harder automatically. I would even go as far as telling my parents at home to start praying hard for me so that the new student does not take my position at the end of that term (a funny child I was😀).

All in all, what I am trying to say is that, a competitor should bring out the hardworking spirit in you not a negative attribute of not even wishing the person well or saying common "congratulations" when the person actually succeeds.

You should also learn to acknowledge the success of a competitor, and work towards succeeding in that same business also. Little do people know that wishing someone well is one of the prerequisites of succeeding in life businesses...

Have a change of heart today to make your competitor an acquaintance. You do not have to be friends but more importantly, you do not have to be enemies either.