The Competition

Why are we so obsessed with our competition in business?

I don't get it. Oh -I get the conventional wisdom of it all and what the business schools perpetuate but I really don't get why the competition is so important.

Isn't there enough business for everyone? I think so.

I like to compete against myself. I look at my numbers from last month and I want to do better. I look at how I'm supplying my market and ask my clients what is missing and they tell me. The say, "If only you could do X." And so I find a way to do X.

I spend my time getting better at what I do not looking at what others are doing.

As long as I am meeting a need in my market and I can see a place to go -I'm good.

Most companies lose to their competition because they are either resting on their laurels or not listening to their customers.

You become what you think about all day long. I would rather be a first rate version of myself then a second rate version of my competition.

My competition is me.