Compete vs. Create: Which One Describes Your Business Approach?
Compete vs. Create:
Consider these definitions:
Compete:To contend with another or others for a prize,
superiority, etc. Syn. vie, rival, contest, oppose.
Create:To cause to come into existence; originate. To be the
cause of; bring about. Syn. make, fashion, form, produce,
conceive, invent, build.
Which One Describes Your Business Approach?
Do you feel that you must compete with other businesses? Do you
strive to conquer the competition? Do you think that you need to
have an edge over the competition?
Take a look at all the businesses out there! How on earth can
You compete with them all? Answer: You don't! You can't! Period!
So why do we listen to statements made about winning out over
the competition? Because we have come to believe that in order
to have it all and be successful, we need to compete and win to
get the top spot. We have the notion that there is not enough
success or money to go around, so we must beat down whatever or
whoever gets in our way in order to have success.
To compete with someone, we have to vie with him or her for the
top spot. Once that top spot is gained (if it ever is), we
cannot stop! There is always someone just waiting to contend
with us to take that spot away.
It is almost certain. If we are only spending our time competing
with others for success, someday, someone is going to defeat us
for that success. Then someday it will happen to them, and so
on.
Champions that have won the top prize will be replaced by
someone else who is faster, better or smarter. It always happens
and it always will. We are left sitting in the dust, wondering
what happened!?!
The notion of competition is futile nonsense when it comes to
our personal or business success. Look at the universe around
us. There is plenty of everything to go around without taking it
away from someone else. We live in a bountiful world. We do not
need to stress out over trying to overthrow the competition to
gain success.
We only need to be creative and produce our very own success.
Not try and steal it away from someone else. Sure we can watch
and learn from those around us who are successful, and we
should, but we don't need to attempt to overcome them.
We only need to find our creative vision of success and keep it
steadfast in our minds, then set about the process of making
that vision happen. There are plenty of customers out there for
our product, business or whatever. If we use our original
creativity, sooner or later, they will find us!
We need to find our own way!
When we "create" our business with our very own set of skills,
interests, etc., we are creating something of our very own that
no one can take away. It is solely ours.
We need to take the creative approach to business in order to
make our own place in the world of business a success.
We do not need to seek after anything that is possessed by
someone else. We should be using our creativity to cause that
which we want to be CREATED!
Inspiration for this article came from a book that was written
in 1910. You can download this book for free at: http:/
inyurl.com/iifl I recommend anyone who is serious about his or
her success to download it and read it over and over!
---------------------------------------------------- Megan Mart
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