Is competition healthy or should it be avoided?

Question

What amount of competition is healthy ?

Answer 1

Competition is great!  It's what pushes people to be their best!

Answer 2

As long as it is fair and light-hearted.

Answer 3

I think it is very healthy, it helps set the standard and it challenges us to understand where our skilll set lies, where and what we should be doing, and then it helps us bring continueous improvement to ourselves, etc.

It also weed out the weak, forces changes, etc.   Good all the way around.

Key here is to taylor it to the application.  For instance, when it comes to team play, realize your role, compete for the next "level", but remember you cannot get to the mountaintop alone...

Just my thought...

Answer 4

whether you like it or hate it but competition is nature and you cant run away from it.

nature wants its beings to be competitive enough to survive.

competition is good for stronger and its bad for weaker.

yet the sense of competition is changing, earlier a man with well built physique was considered more powerful and now a person who is more wealthy is considered more powerful.

so the challenge really is to find your niche and deliver the best.

a winner should never avoid competition because it helps him learn new things which further his abilities.

competition can not be measured so go by the gut feel about how much it is good.

Answer 5

If competition is for increasing good quality, it is good. Scoring more marks in examination is good but smoking more cigarettes is bad. People always want to admit their wards in a Good school so that they face sharp competition and can score more marks. This is a healthy competition. Healthy competition is always good to improve quality. And finally, it is competition that has lead the human race at this level and I don't know how far it will take!

Answer 6

it depends upon the person