Competitiveness is a positive quality for people in most societies. How does competitiveness affect individuals? Is it a positive or a negative trend?
Competitiveness is a skill that we should embrace throughout our lives. If it is done in a correct
way
, it will make us realize how much we could achieve even though we might not have imagined we could. That being said, I believe that it is bending towards the negative side nowadays.
Competitiveness is vital in improving ourselves. We compete against others or even against ourselves to reach our goals. Without feeling competitive, people
would laze off and our world would not be where it is now. For instance
, during my IELTS study, I competed against myself. If I studied for one hour on the previous day, I challenged myself to invest more time and give more concentration in my study today. I believe that, in this
way
, I will achieve my aim of getting a
specific band score that I want.
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However
, being competitive in a
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way
could bring us negative effects instead
. Some people
feel competitive on certain things
that are essential neither in survival nor advancing themselves. Such
a situation could lead them to do bad things
. For example
, we see some of our friends using extremely expensive goods through social media
. Being human, some people
would want to use similar items and want to also
show off on social media
. If they could not afford such
things
, they might end up doing illegal things
to get money quickly and easily to buy such
luxury goods.
In conclusion, being competitive is a good way
to improve ourselves. However
, in this
social media
era, as people
are competitive rather in a wrong way
, where they are easily persuaded by what they see in social media
, I feel that competitiveness is leaning towards a negative trend, unfortunately.Submitted by Wai on
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