Comments on: Art Of Peaceful Competition

By: Miche - Serenity Hacker

Miche - Serenity Hacker — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:39:40 +0000

Wow, this is incredibly insightful! I’ve thrived past job experiences where there was a competitive atmosphere, but it was also a team effort. We were working toward the same goal but also competing with each other, challenging each other to be our personal bests. And that felt really good, it was a super rewarding motivator.

Cheers,
Miche

By: ianpeatey

ianpeatey — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:07:54 +0000

for sure if we all carry a mentality of abundance – then we don’t need to compete at all.

By: ianpeatey

ianpeatey — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:06:44 +0000

John – thanks so much for this thoughtful comment. I so much enjoy your vision of a world made whole again – and I carry a lot of sadness that we sometimes seem so far away from that picture.

By: ianpeatey

ianpeatey — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:04:31 +0000

I remember when I was a kid I was very competitive with my younger brother – who used to hate losing – which made me enjoy winning even more. Until it got to apoint where there was really no fun in it for either of us. Win or lose was painful for both. So we stopped – life’s too short to compete without joy.

By: ianpeatey

ianpeatey — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:02:43 +0000

Learning how to lose gracefully and to learn is, in my opinion, more important than learning how to win.

By: ianpeatey

ianpeatey — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:01:34 +0000

I know what you mean. I have moments where I get very competitive and all out to win. Not often .. but it does happen.

By: Positive Gangsta

Positive Gangsta — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:29:07 +0000

I believe there is no competition if we concentrate on creation!

By: John Duffield

John Duffield — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:48:33 +0000

Good morning Ian. I applaud your post about competition and your entire approach to “peaceful living”. Here’s something for your readers about competition. Competition isn’t about winning at all. Lotteries are about winning. Competition is about growing. Or at least it’s supposed to be. But in today’s world, “winning” is everything. If you don’t “win” you’re what we call….a loser. Even if you come in second you’re a loser. Alright, but in a world made whole again, here’s what competition would look like. Groups of people with a similar passion would compete to help each other grow. To do “their” best…..as we sometimes say. The operative words here are “their best”. By that I mean people who really know who they are would be striving to grow themselves their way. A way that would help them fulfill their potentials. Athletic folks might compete in football matches for instance, and people with great manual skills might compete in carpentry contests. And here’s where the difference between a New World and our old one comes in. In today’s world, a man with no passion for football….but skills for it anyhow….would want to compete to WIN in football. So he’s called a hero for it. But he’s being called a hero for living a lie….because that just isn’t who he is. He might be an artist…but would give up HIMSELF to win. As a matter of fact, in today’s world, people will literally destroy themselves with drugs to be called a hero for “winning”. So how on earth did we get so far off track? No longer can we see that being ourselves makes us real authentic winners of the highest possible order. No longer will we choose to grow the Way that’s right for us…..instead choosing to “win” something else at any cost. Unfortunately, at the end of a life lived like that, we pay the cost. At that Great Life Review we discover it’s revealed that we gave up the life we were meant to live….to win a trophy or gain some applause. Sad. But true. Cheers Ian and I hope many of us can help you with your aim of a peaceful world. John Duffield