Competition forces you to see what you actually want and what you stand against. But relying on an enemy for motivation is dangerous: once they disappear, so does your drive. Build purpose from inside instead.
Why do we need competition? A competitor in the most basic, simple way helps you know the things you stand for. And you don't really know what you want until you see it, you know, I don't want that. I don't want that or I like this. Right. You don't know until you can see it. And then it's obvious. And I think that the easiest way to know your values is to see the thing that stands in the way of your values. Now, there's a nuance here, which is really important. which is truly having vision and belief, is you see the quote unquote enemy or the competitor as the thing standing in the way of you getting the thing that you want. But simply having an enemy being against things is really easy to rile people up and really easy to get them going. And so be careful what you wish for, because what happens if that enemy goes away? And now you're like, and now what?
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