There are people who are competitive, and then there are people who are just plain addicted to competition. As of this week, I've finally realized that I am the latter.
I've been told throughout my life that I've been addicted to different things, from poker to horse racing to video games to trying to build my Steemit account, but I think it all comes down to competition.
Whether it's a bounty program leaderboard for a cryptocurrency or the @SPL (Steem Poker League) Player of the Month standings ("Hoodish), something in me wants to reach the top of that list. Sure, there are small financial benefits, but it's not about the money, otherwise I would just focus on more profitable work.
In a few hours, I'll be joining a group of friends in town to play random board games that have no real significant or impact on my life, but I have a deep want and almost a need to win every single one. I do consider myself a graceful loser, but deep down inside something in me dies every time I bust out of a poker tournament or someone else yells our bingo before I can.
But is this a problem, or is this an advantage? I guess on the bright side, at least I know that I'm motivated by something, right? It's not that I lack ambition, it's that I have a hard time calming that ambition down.
You be the judge, is being addicted to competition good, or is it bad? Please comment below, and I'll try to respond with a better comment than you left (just kidding, kind of).
