Why do we feel a need to constantly measure our success by that of other people? why do we always compare ourselves with other?Why is the heart of man so competitive? Some people are not happy with their car, income, etc, not because it is bad, but because it is not as good as the one the person they are comparing themselves to owns.
Some people who were so excited to make $5 a day on ptc sites, come to steemit and they get upset with $10 per day. The truth is, $10 is not the problem. They got upset because they saw some top steemians making over $1,000 from a single post. The heart of man is obsessed with competition. But what could be the reason for that? I'll share my observations with you here.
First things first, let's start with the definition of competition.
What is competition?
The activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others. Source.
Why do people always compete with others?
The fact is, the business you have someone else is working hard to pull it down. Even your wife, someone else might want to have her. The job you have, someone wants it. All these glaring issues would make some people argue that life is a competition and it's self-deceit to think otherwise.
But why all that? Is it supposed to be about being a step ahead of others? Or is it supposed to be about being better than you were yesterday? What exactly is the real reason why people are so obsessed with competition?
Here are some reasons why people struggle fiercely to establish a step ahead of others.
- Fear
- The intention to establish influence or authority over events and other people.
- Pride.
Fear
Man has always taken advantage of people he is better than. It is true that when someone has some influence over you, he tries to make you live by his own principles and beliefs. It's either he does it forcefully, or he establishes it in a more subtle way. Sometimes, people will only offer you help when you agree to abide by their own laid down principles which could be clashing with your beliefs and life goals.
Someone could be competing to be a step ahead just to protect himself from living a life controlled by others. That is fear. The fear that someone more influential or powerful could subject him to something he doesn't want. It could be the fear of someone else taking over his woman, confiscating his properties, etc.
The intention to establish influence or authority over events and other people.
While some people are constantly competing to protect themselves from external influence, others want to be ahead so they would easily enforce this influence on others. The reason someone wants to be richer or more powerful could be so he would take your wife, enforce his beliefs on you or subject you to other forms of torture.
Pride
People could be competing to overtake others for the sole purpose of receiving praise, respect or worship from others. They want to be praised as the best. The underlying factor here is pride.
Conclusion
Focus on the value that you add, not on how much better you are compared to someone else...... Darius Foroux.
I don't see a need to compete with anybody. I don't measure my success by another person's achievements. I have decided to exclude myself from the rat race. There would be no wars. No need for jealousy and envy and the world would be a better place if man stops predating on his fellow man and cease this incessant quest to be better or more powerful than others. The world is big enough to accommodate all of us. When people learn to live by their dreams, beliefs and principles, and not enforce it on others, then the obsession with competition would end.
I believe It is not supposed to be a world of competition.
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What's your opinion on this? Is it healthy to always compete with others?
