Competitiveness is a positive quality for people in most societies; How does it affect individuals? Is it a positive or negative trend?

Nowadays,

people

compete with one another in most communities and it is viewed by some

individuals

as a positive quality. While competitiveness affects

individuals

positively and negatively, I will give my opinion on whether it is a positive or negative trend. In different societies,

people

have made it a norm to compete with their peers

instead

of working at their own pace. The following positive influence is expected to emanate

as a result

of

competition

.

Firstly

,

people

tend to achieve most of their target goals when there is

competition

from their peers, at

this

point, everyone is on track with complete tenacity thereby resulting in achieved dreams.

For instance

, I can vividly remember how I passed my

first

professional exam and the efforts I channelled towards it because everyone in the class was competing to ace the exam. Another positive influence is that

individuals

that compete with each other tend to succeed because nobody would want to be left at the pecking order,

Hence

everyone strives to be recognised.

Competition

always yields good results. Coming to its negative influence,

firstly

, it will make some

individuals

soil their hands on illicit things because they want to be counted. Most competitions result in

people

indulging in different malfeasance which can be detrimental and

also

jeopardize the growth of society,

for example

, A friend of mine indulge in robbery to meet up to standard and

also

keep up to the Joneses,

Secondly

,

competition

leads to errors and

people

tend to follow the wrong route because they were not able to work at their own pace. Most

individuals

forget to think out what is best for them and

also

the right part to follow because of what was currently trending among their peers.

For instance

,

people

make mistakes when they go for what is reigning rather than finding their right part. In conclusion, as there are positive and negative influences that escalate

as a result

of

competition

, I think it is a Negative trend as

people

missed the right part to follow due to the inability to work at their own pace.