If you are as competitive as I am, then you have probably experienced these things at some point in your life. Or perhaps, like me, you deal with these things every day.
1. You turn everything into a competition.
Walking with a friend to class? Totally going to beat them. No, it doesn't matter if he doesn't know it's a race.
2. You're known in your friend group as "the competitive one."
Okay, so maybe I yelled some expletives while we were playing Mario Kart. What's the big deal?
3. When you lose at anything, it makes you unfathomably upset.
There is no such thing as "a casual game of cornhole between friends."
4. People who have just met you tell you that you are way too competitive.
Yeah, I know I am. What am I supposed to do about it?
5. Your competitiveness has ended some of your friendships.
Sometimes people just can't handle you.
6. But it has also made you get closer to some of your friends.
Other times, you and your friends can bond over both having a competitive spirit.
7. Your competitiveness has helped you in school.
Even if you're not motivated to learn the subject material, you still want to beat everyone else's test scores.
8. You live through your sports teams, and when they lose, you take it personally.
Watching your team lose a game is like having a little part of your soul die.
9. You take your sibling rivalry more seriously than others.
You have to do everything better and faster than your sibling(s). After all you really want to be the favorite child, even if your parents will never admit they choose favorites.
10. Coming in second is just another way of saying you were the first loser.
First place or nothing.
11. You have a love/hate relationship with your competitiveness.
Being so competitive can be very beneficial, because it can lead you to being more successful. And after all, who doesn't like the feeling of winning? Competitiveness, however, can rub some people the wrong way, because it is easily misinterpreted as cockiness.
Also, some competitive people tend to have shorter tempers than other people, and losing one little game can make us very angry. At the end of the day, we all have our vices, but we should try to use our competitiveness to our advantage, instead of letting it control us.
