GP Competition breeds success
“Competition breeds success.” Discuss
The concept of “competition” is inseparable from society today, and is deeply embedded in almost most social, political, and economic structures. Students compete to score higher on tests and obtain seats in coveted educational institutes. Working adults compete for wage raises and promotions. Firms compete to gain market share and increase profits. Countries compete to boost GDP figures. Politicians and their parties compete to gain power. The pervasiveness of competition in our society is testament to its consistent ability to produce good results, and it does so motivating people to do more in order to be or stay ahead of their rivals. However, we find that there are also instances when competition is wasteful or even counter productive, which American politics is most often accused of being guilty of, and instances when it cannot at all achieve desired outcomes, such as in efforts to tackle environmental, poverty, or other global problems. Furthermore, not everyone succeeds in competition, and those who lose out are often those who start the race with less. Therefore, I believe that by-and-large, competition does breed and is essential for development and improvement, but not when success is defined as a collective achievement, not when society is deeply unequal, and not when parties are focused more on competing than succeeding.
Few can deny that competition does indeed breed success. This is because competition motivates people to work harder in various ways. For one, when more people want the same rewards, one has to work even harder to achieve it. This is why increased competition for spaces in prestigious universities like the University of Oxford drives up average standardized test scores over time, and also why the Human Genome project in 1980 was completed years ahead of schedule when private enterprises entered the race. Also, competition means that people are constantly reminded by their competitors not to
The concept of “competition” is inseparable from society today, and is deeply embedded in almost most social, political, and economic structures. Students compete to score higher on tests and obtain seats in coveted educational institutes. Working adults compete for wage raises and promotions. Firms compete to gain market share and increase profits. Countries compete to boost GDP figures. Politicians and their parties compete to gain power. The pervasiveness of competition in our society is testament to its consistent ability to produce good results, and it does so motivating people to do more in order to be or stay ahead of their rivals. However, we find that there are also instances when competition is wasteful or even counter productive, which American politics is most often accused of being guilty of, and instances when it cannot at all achieve desired outcomes, such as in efforts to tackle environmental, poverty, or other global problems. Furthermore, not everyone succeeds in competition, and those who lose out are often those who start the race with less. Therefore, I believe that by-and-large, competition does breed and is essential for development and improvement, but not when success is defined as a collective achievement, not when society is deeply unequal, and not when parties are focused more on competing than succeeding.
Few can deny that competition does indeed breed success. This is because competition motivates people to work harder in various ways. For one, when more people want the same rewards, one has to work even harder to achieve it. This is why increased competition for spaces in prestigious universities like the University of Oxford drives up average standardized test scores over time, and also why the Human Genome project in 1980 was completed years ahead of schedule when private enterprises entered the race. Also, competition means that people are constantly reminded by their competitors not to