Advantages And Disadvantages Of A Personality Trait

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Competition between peers makes people strive to try and be better than their opponents, and can be healthy or unhealthy depending on the competitors and their responses to the competition.

Competition is something no one can avoid and will always be a part of society. It is human instinct as well as animal instinct to excel another. Competition is found everywhere. From businesses to schools and even in kid films like The Incredibles, competitions are everywhere. While competition does have negative views, it positively enforces us to improve ourselves and set goals. It brings forth inspiration to fix our past mistakes to make sure that we will win next time. While improving ourselves we can find goals that we are proud of achieving.

Competition is prevalent in various aspects of life, including sports, school, and jobs. Everyone at some point in their lifetime will have to compete against others in order to achieve a goal or earn a prize. It’s how the world has worked for a long time; it’s survival of the fittest and this minor competition between everyone is how we have continuously gotten smarter, faster, and stronger. Competition is necessary to a certain degree, but how much is too much? It’s definitely not a bad thing, and as long as there’s a healthy amount, it can be beneficial because it fosters self-improvement, and it will push people to go all out and try their absolute best.

If you really knew me, you would know that I am very, very competitive. I love competition. It’s absolutely electrifying. It makes me feel alive. I also hate losing. I hate being second best. I get very upset if I don’t win monopoly. But it motivates me to work harder and push myself further. And sometimes the only person to beat is myself.

People accuse me of being competitive, as if this is bad quality. While it is true, in the generic sense of the word, but to me the only competition that matters is my own performance compared to my past performance while on the line with outstanding shooters. Competition energizes me to improve.

A person’s personality is his or her essence. It is what guides decisions, emotions, and even thoughts. Some may wonder if it is possible to explore every nuance of such a complex part of a being, but there are ways to determine what type of personality a person has, and then branch off into a more detailed examination of that person specifically. Combined with other factors, such as personality disorders and the environment that someone has grown up in, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI, test (Enrichment 1) and analysis can determine an accurate portrayal of a personality. Created in 1943 by Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, it is a system made up of four basic functions and sub functions that combine to make a personality type. The mother and daughter team constructed it off of Jung’s theories (History 2). Based on this system, one of the most common personality types in the US population is called an ESTJ, and one of the least common personality types is called an INFJ. There are many differences and similarities between these two types. An ESTJ personality, overall, is practical, fact-based, and outgoing, whereas an INFJ personality is more private and makes decisions based on feelings; however, both are organized people who make good leaders and are capable of great success in roles that involve helping others.

At my old high school, I was very competitive. I was ranked valedictorian of my class. I worked very hard, taking all the AP classes and being involved in as many extracurricular as possible in order to stand out. I did not let anything distract me. I was very focused and I always got my work done. Back then, I could’ve been considered a Type A personality. Chapter three in the textbook describes Type A as very intense, ambitious, with a driven personality and competitive. However, when I enrolled in RCHS something changed the

Still, Josiah thought competition was my most common style. On the contrary, Ben and my mom had it as one of my least used methods. My level of competitiveness differs greatly depending on the individual. Those who are competitive themselves are usually the ones I will be the most competitive with. Part of this is because I am only competitive in certain situations, such as when playing sports. For example, I used to play Josiah sometimes in one on one basketball. He being much shorter than me would struggle to compete and would compensate by playing overly aggressive. It would cause a conflict where I would call him out and he would compete against me in an argument. We have been so close our whole lives, and competitiveness with him is very hard to abandon because it was always the norm. For people I have befriended more recently, my competitiveness is often scaled way back. For example, when I play basketball against Ben, he is simply not a good ball player and he would be intimidated if I played competitively against him. So, with Ben I ditched my competitive nature. Additionally, I think I have grown to be good at understanding others and realizing if a competing style will be tolerated by them and to what extent. During my freshman year I had an argument with my roommate Steve about Michael Jordan and LeBron James. We argued for an hour about who was better,

The United States is without a doubt a sports culture. We just finished a Sunday dedicated to football also known as Super bowl and now we are about to partake a month of March Madness in basketball. One thing that is shown by the athletes is definitely competitiveness. Some athletes motto seem to be eat, breath and compete. No matter the event/ task some just have that competitive streak in them in everything they do. Due to competitive disposition, student athletes are more motivated in academic endeavors

Personality theories can be viewed differently depending upon how it was shared, through different aspects of ones

Competition is a condition of existence that every athlete has heard hundreds of times. As an active participator in many sporting events with numerous coaches and teammates, I have experienced competition first hand. I remember myself, along with coaches and teammates always being driven to win. Whether a sporting event or in academics, humans strive to be better than the person beside them. Although competition is such an innate trait that goes beyond humans and into animals as well, competition has been around since the beginning of time. While animals may be competitive as they fight for survival, humans have more of a satisfaction competitiveness. When people accomplish a task, myself included, they feel good about themselves while

Many people feel that American society is too competitive. Americans tend to enjoy sports and the concept of rivalries. Sometimes even a “family game night” can turn fiercely competitive. However, not all Americans are focused solely on winning. Competitions lead to a good outcomes because they push people to do their best, teach the reasons behind hard work, and form better athletes.

The main idea of competition is to make you want to pushes your self higher to beat a certain person. think about it, if it were not for the competition between Disney and Pixar, we would not have those great family movies we all enjoy watching together. Ever since I remember I have competed verses a certain boy to see who would get better grades. The constant competition always kept me at my toes ready to push myself pass the limits.

Statsky argues that, with college admissions, grades and especially jobs being very competitive some parents could argue that it is never too early for competition. Nonetheless, it is also important to work side by side to be successful in life. May be just until children are emotionally ready for competition, perhaps we should draw more attention to working together and independently performance in team sports rather than