Competition makes us better
Competition is the main factor to success for individuals. Competition as a concept is typically associated with Americans and rooted in our belief system, which is line with American individualism. Competition is favored for its positive benefits to us a human society (Rosenau 1).
Right from when we are young children, the values of competition are cultivated in us in our homes and early schooling. By being competitive in our academics at school, we are become better by attaining desirable statewide and national student test scores. As we grow we learn more the benefits of competition from T.V. programs and video games designed to teach us the importance of winning over the costs of losing. In this respect, we become persons who aim for success and do our bit towards attaining it in our everyday endevours.
Compared to other forms of social motivation, competition is superior in that it requires much of self-discipline, courage, toughness, as well as sacrifice (Rosenau 2). This are very valuable virtues that enable us to face the many challenges that we are bound to come across in our life. In the same respect, competition us try fetes that are rather risky and dangerous, in the processing attaining substantial glory in such extreme sports as wave jumping, snowboarding, rock and ice climbing, BMX, motocross among others. In conclusion, therefore, competition goes a long way to make us better because it is both productive and inspiring, silences our critics and lifts our courage, helps us realize our weakness and find faults, and generate new better ideas in us.
Reference:
Rosenau, Pauline V. The Competition Paradigm: America’s Romance with Conflict, Contest, and Commerce. Lanham, Md. [u.a.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. Print.
