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While competition can be a fun method of inner motivation and an excellent bonding opportunity, it can also often provoke unhealthy self-comparison, hostility, fear, and low self-esteem. And when our competitive success determines our access to emotional, financial, or even physical resources, we can be driven to act against our values or even seek to harm others. Finding a way to keep ourselves centered, whole, and in balance under intense competitive pressure can be a struggle, but if we can find our way through, we can use competitive situations to challenge ourselves to reach new heights—and depths.

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Pros and Cons of Competition Among Kids and Teens

There are mixed reviews when it comes to teaching kids about competitiveness. Some people feel exposing kids to competition teaches them real-life lessons about winning and losing. Others feel competition does more harm than good. Either way, there are pros and cons to both approaches.

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The Competition Myth—Three Advantageous Truths

We’ve all heard it. We’ve all heard it several times, in fact. It is a somber bit of “wisdom” from someone close to us, always spoken with an air of warning: “There’s a lot of competition out there…”

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Your Top Rival Can Be Your Biggest Ally

Friendly competition can expand the “win” pie and enhance your performance.

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Rethinking Competition

Creativity coach Omar Mizdaq provides top tips on the creative life.

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Yes, You Can Be Too Competitive. Here’s Why, and How to Stop.

It makes me wonder: Is competition a good thing? Are competitive people happy? And is being competitive good for individuals or, for that matter, society? With top competitive athletes such as gymnastics’ Simone Biles, tennis’s Naomi Osaka and football’s Richard Sherman talking openly about...

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