Are you competitive?

[chic]

Maybe a little, but I try not to be as I have aged. I don't have to have the last word on everything. Some things you need to grow up and let go of. Just my opinion. How do you feel? Are you, or were you competitive? How do you feel about it?

 

[hollydolly]

I'm like a stick of Seaside Rock.. I have competitiveness running right through my veins... ..I don't use it as a weapon, I'm just competitive when it comes to trying to be the best at whatever I do..

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[Knight]

Not really, but always looked for opportunities to excel. I think that began when I was a teen that started working for a store as a stock clerk. Didn't like that job so asked if there was anything else. Apprentice butcher was open to try. Did so good that when I graduated high school I could have started at Kroger full time as a retail butcher. But doing the same job for the rest of my life in a boring town was not what I wanted. After making E-6 in the Navy I got out & had a series of jobs that I had success at. My final job as department manager was a culmination of all those experience building jobs.

I didn't need to be competitive just willing to learn something new & do the best I could.

 

[Gaer]

Not at all.

 

[Pepper]

Not at all.

Me too.

 

[NorthernLight]

No. I prefer to back off and let the other person "win."

I like to do things well, but I think that's a different matter.

 

[timoc]

I just go with the flow.
If I come first, that's OK, if I come 3rd or 4th, that's OK too, but if someone is trying to push me aside to get to the front of a queue, then I suppose I become a bit competitive and stop them.

 

[Nathan]

Yes, I'm human.
Edit: How awkward is it for a machine to be demanding verification of being human...from an actual human???

 

[Remy]

Not at all. I live in survivor mode only.

 

[Wren]

Not in the slightest, if somebody wants to be first, winning every game, answering all the questions, good luck to them, I’d probably be too busy painting my nails ....

 

[Chet]

I try my best but I wouldn't call it competitive.

 

[Aneeda72]

No

 

[Murrmurr]

Yes, sometimes. Very competitive when it comes to sports, especially baseball and fishing. Less competitive when it comes to, mm...let's call it a debate. I'll go ahead and let you think you won when we both know I did.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Yep, was raised with 2 brothers in Ca.. Baseball, football, basketball, track and field, skateboarding, blowing big bubbles with bubble gum, and anything to make a competitive game out of. By the time I was 20 that all changed.

 

[Kika]

I was extremely competitive during my working years. Not on a personal level, but departments were expected to meet and exceed their prior metrics and judged against other departments to create new benchmarks. So yes, I was.

Now I just love pleasing no one but me!!!

 

[Alligatorob]

Are you competitive?

When working I was. No other way to succeed as a consultant. I probably was not as good at it as some, but I survived.

Since retiring not so much, or I don't think I am. Feels kind of good to let go...

 

[jujube]

I'd like to say no, but if I'm being honest, I have to say that I am.

 

[Jules]

Put me at a card game and yes I am.

 

[Right Now]

If it's a game to win, then count me in, for the competition. As for the rest, I've mostly set out to do the best job I can with whatever tools I need. It's taught me so much about life in general, and I am satisfied with myself in that I gave it my best. My curiosity throughout my life has set me tasks I might not have tried otherwise. I compete with myself.

Three careers were some of my best efforts.

 

[PamfromTx]

You should see my husband and I watching Jeopardy. It's not a pretty sight.

 

[chic]

Competition in sports is understandable because that's the nature of sports. Anyone of us here who has played sports well has probably been competitive. Don't you think?

 

[hollydolly]

Competition in sports is understandable because that's the nature of sports. Anyone of us here who has played sports well has probably been competitive. Don't you think?

without a shadow of a doubt.. ..

 

[NorthernLight]

Competition in sports is understandable because that's the nature of sports. Anyone of us here who has played sports well has probably been competitive. Don't you think?

Not if forced to play, e.g., in school. I see a ball coming toward me, I run away.