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Am I Competitive?

The August 22, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum"  is
Are you competitive?

Am I competitive? Am I "inclined, desiring, or suited to compete <a competitive personality>"?1 No, under most conditions I do not have "a competitive personality". This does not mean I will not compete in a writing contest or other competition that I find intriguing. When I do compete, I strive for to do the best I can at that moment in time.

Am I competitive?
Yes, no, maybe...
I don't know, sometimes...

To do my best
at any given point in time
and under the present conditions.

To step outside the walls
of my perceived limitations
this is my main goal
in any competition.

Am I competitive? I prefer cooperation under most conditions. I think there is a time for competition and a time for cooperation because both of these situations are necessary in the creative process and in the advancement of humanity. The trick when confronted with the choice between competition and cooperation is to figure out which one is more important give the conditions present in one's life or world. The human race could not have survived and risen to its present state of technology or civilization without both cooperation and competition.

Thought of the Day: “Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Footnotes
1  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/competitive