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Nurturing a competitive Spirit
“If you’re a true warrior, competition doesn’t scare you. It makes you better.”
- Andrew Whitworth
Competition exists in many areas of our life. It’s not just for sports and game shows. Competition is what drives us to make improvements in our personal and professional lives. It may not always be fun and exciting, but it exists to help us grow as individuals. Having a competitive Spirit can help us embrace all of the trappings that come with victory and defeat. There are always opportunities for lessons learned and progress made if we can look at the results from a growth perspective, no matter the outcome.
I consider myself a competitive person. I don’t like losing, as I assume most of us may feel in defeat. However, as I have grown, I also don’t like ignoring the valuable insights I can gain when taking a loss or suffering defeat. The most valuable thing I have learned over the years is how to accept defeat humbly. I used to be a sore loser in my youth. Board games. Individual or team sports. It didn’t matter. I would sulk and it could take some time for me to get over the loss. Yes, even with board games. Looking back, I see how I had a lot of learning to do when it came to losing.
The worst part is those losses sometimes prevented me from wanting to compete in anything where I could not accept the idea of…
