For a person to want to be better than the next guy. is that necessarily a good thing?

Question

For a person to want to be better than the next guy. is that necessarily a good thing?

Answer 1

No! Why does it mean so much to that person to be better?

And why do they care? It's not about being better then someone else it's about being the best we can be within ourselves and not caring about being better then others.

This stems from low self esteem, if the person had healthy self esteem then it wouldn't matter to them.

good question!

Answer 2

You shouldn't do things to be better the then the next person.

If fact if that's your reason for doing a good deed, then that is very shallow.

Being your best is not a contest its about have full filling life and being a person that you can be proud of.

you will not be remembered for being the best over someone else. you will be remembered by how you touched  another persons life.

Answer 3

it's not a bad thing. it shows that you have ambition.

Answer 4

To a certain degree, it is, where competition is involved i.e. in a sport, or trying to improve your work status (promotions) and other things of that nature. However, the other side of that coin is the "keeping up with the Jone's" type of obsession. That ain't good. Look at all the people going into massive debt because of this.