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Among all the human drama, people lose sight of what matters and focus on their rivals instead.
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Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and slavishly copy what has worked in the past.
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As a general rule, when the dust settles and we find losers looking and speaking like winters (and vice versa), we should be especially wary of the conditions that kicked up the dust…
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…extreme caution is advised whenever we encounter the devilish construction of scarcity plus rivalry.
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We don’t just preach the virtues of our side; we find self-worth in prosecuting the vices of our rivals.
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When people hold prejudice toward a rival group, they’re often willing to do whatever it takes to elevate their own group and undermine their rivals – even if it means doing harm or doing wrong.
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[Smaller organizations] need to adopt more of a guerilla strategy, picking up nonobvious talent that larger rivals can’t be bothered to pursue. And sometimes, that can work out quite well.
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Truly human leadership protects an organization from the internal rivalries that can shatter a culture.
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We get to choose our own Worthy Rivals and we would be wise to select them strategically.
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Traditional competition forces us to take on an attitude of winning. A Worth Rival inspires us to take on an attitude of improvement.
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