The healthiest of all competition is when we compete with ourselves; this kind of competition comes with no envy and hatred, and the goal is to focus on improvement and being better than our present version. If we fail at it, we try again until we can elevate ourselves.
It is not about being better than others, but to be better than our past self, we should be able to look back and smile, knowing we are no longer who we used to be; we should be proud of ourselves for what we have achieved and that should further motivate us to try harder in surpassing the present record, that is the best kind of competition.
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It is also okay to compete with others; it inspires us to do better, whatever the competition is about. However, there are some factors we need to consider when competing with others, so it won't become an unhealthy competition.
One of the things that leads to unhealthy competition is when we try to compete with people far above us, and the moment it is impossible or we see the speed they are going, the envy and hatred develop, which often leads to us doing things we are not supposed to do, no rest of mind either because you keep thinking of way to beat the unbeatable.
A good example of unhealthy competition is me trying to compete with Mr dragon, Acidyo, Marky, and the likes. They have the connection and the resources to make my monthly earnings on Hive in a very short time if they want to, so trying to compete with them is ridiculous...
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A good example of healthy competition is finding hiveans whose hive power grows at the same speed as yours, or a bit higher than that, and hustle together, learn from each other, seek advice and update from one another... My people in the city of Neoxian practice this; we are always asking for updates from one another, which helps us to thrive on Hive. That is a good example of healthy competition because we are all growing and no one wishes or wants to be left behind, so we are always on our toes... Moreover, our country's economy is another source of motivation; If others do not motivate you, hunger, bills, and responsibilities will motivate you.
Some years ago, I tried this with some hiveans. We planned to grow our hive power to a certain amount. We were earning at the same rate, so the competition was fun till the end. The best way to achieve a healthy competition with others is if everybody is winning.
When everybody is improving, the atmosphere is friendly and no one will want the downfall of the other; in fact, updates will be flying around so everyone can level up.
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