Are you competitive? Did you grow up playing sports? If, so there's a good chance you are competitive. I am. My family thinks I am more so than I really am. But I guess that's simply a perspective on how we interpret or understand what being competitive means. Some people think that if you are competitive that by default you believe in winning at all costs. This includes bending the rules, or out-right cheating, as well as taking liberties on a fellow opponent. And that's not me. Competition to me is about testing yourself. And exposing yourself to find your weaklinks. And it's about a continued desire to get better. I also think the more competitive you are the more you are in control of your emotions and the better job you do at sticking to your plan. For example, in team sports you will see examples of an athlete do something stupid that results in his team being penalized. And commentators will excuse or condone it saying the athlete is just 'such a competitor'. I disagree. I say they were selfish. They lost focus. They cared about exacting revenge more than about success. Or another example could be in competition when another competitor passes you. And while you have a game plan in place you get sucked in to their game, abandon your strategy and compete with them. Personally this doesn't tend to work well for me and I chalk it up to losing focus and racing someone else's race and not my own. But this all has to with defining competition and the psychology of it all. Instead I want to share the benefits of competition. And why I think everyone should compete. Below are The Top 8 Reasons to Compete. Your Learn the Most About Yourself - Competition...