{"id":2202,"date":"2015-10-27T16:50:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T11:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.yourdost.com\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:56:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:26:24","slug":"why-you-should-stop-being-extremely-competitive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/why-you-should-stop-being-extremely-competitive.html","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Stop Being Extremely Competitive"},"content":{"rendered":"

IN BRIEF:<\/strong> Competition is good. As long as it is healthy. In this post we discuss about how being OVER COMPETITIVE affects life.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Competition is one of the primordial instincts which has helped us survive on this planet. As Darwin says \u2018Survival of the fittest<\/a><\/strong>\u2019<\/em> made competition inevitable. As we evolved and developed into civilizations, the need of competition became less and less.<\/p>\n

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As Mahatma Gandhi said that the world has enough to satisfy everyone\u2019s need but not their greed<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. In the 21st century we have fierce competition for even the smallest of the jobs, from innovation to basic jobs we have to be competitive again to survive in this world. That being said, there\u2019s always a limit for everything. This applies for competition also. Being too competitive not only makes us unhappy but also turns to be counterproductive.<\/strong> Are you competitive enough or too competitive? Let\u2019s find out.<\/p>\n

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Taking Arguments Seriously<\/strong><\/h4>\n

You never indulge in an ordinary discussion, everything is a debate with you. You choose to go to any length to prove yourself right. This will not only make you unfriendly but also creates a bad impression on everybody you meet. Here’s a video about how not to argue.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Can\u2019t Enjoy Others Success<\/strong><\/h4>\n

You just can\u2019t bear the thought of other people succeeding. May it be your best friend or even your own family. It hurts you and makes you feel inferior. Even though it\u2019s not your field, you can\u2019t digest it.<\/p>\n

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Feeling Happy When Others Fail<\/strong><\/h4>\n

You enjoy other people\u2019s failure and secretly desire it. If someone failed to reach their goals you feel contended. If you succeed when others fail it\u2019s an occasion to throw a party. This may sound a bit a freaky but you are the one who\u2019s suffering ultimately. Question yourself, Why is this upsetting me?<\/p>\n

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Lose Sight Of Your Goal<\/strong><\/h4>\n

As you tend to consider that everyone in your Facebook feed are happy and complacent, you can never get satisfied. This unhealthy competition makes you lose sight of your real goals. See I told you, counterproductive!<\/p>\n

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Lets say with the above you realised that you\u2019re too competitive, now what? Slowly learn to embrace other people\u2019s success. Start with your family and move forwards. If you have enough knowledge guide them, in this way you can learn from their mistakes. Stop comparing your life with other\u2019s and enjoy what you\u2019ve achieved till now.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cMake your competitive nature as a fuel to go forward not to burn yourself\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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IN BRIEF: Competition is good. As long as it is healthy. In this post we discuss about how being OVER COMPETITIVE affects life. Competition is one of the primordial instincts which has helped us survive on this planet. As Darwin says \u2018Survival of the fittest\u2019 made competition inevitable. As we evolved and developed into civilizations, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,36,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-work-careers","category-work-related-stress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35424,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions\/35424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}