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Rational Flaneur

14 Apr, 11 tweets, 2 min read

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Cooperation vs Competition

It is very natural to believe that to be successful in life, you need to be very competitive...beat others to dust. It is also natural to draw inspiration from sports where only way to win is by beating others. Like Chess!

https://twitter.com/flaneur_a/status/1369278111192293381

This belief gets strength from the prevailing education & job system where you have to compete, beat others to qualify for entrance into the coveted educational institutes, land dream jobs in dream companies, get promoted etc.

https://twitter.com/flaneur_a/status/1369278111192293381

We get used to thinking about competitions in which there is only one winner, such as Chess or Promotion or Job Selection.
In my humble opinion, most of the real world is rarely like that.

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In most of the real life situations:
1) You have a choice to cooperate, rather than compete (Look at business cartels & industry associations for eg). It is possible to redefine or reposition the situation so as to make it win-win rather than win-lose.

2) Long term success compounds over such win-win situations. In absolute terms, win in "win-lose" situations may be bigger than "win-win" situations. But, life is a series of such interactions and therefore...

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In the long run a series of wins unfolding from "win-win" situations compound while those from "win-lose" situations cancel out.

Here's the thing:
1) The key to long term success lies not in overcoming others, but in eliciting their cooperation. This applies to relationships such as marriage, friendship; to partnerships in business like shareholders, suppliers, vendors, customers.

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2) The key to long term success lies not in doing better than others (win-lose), but rather in eliciting cooperation from them, not by defeating then (win-win), even if that means that others' win is bigger than yours!
3) You prosper consistently, if everyone around you prosper.

4) Life is less like chess, where you have to beat someone, it is rather like a team game, like football, where you have to assist each other in creating goal opportunities for the team.

5) Cooperation trumps Competition in most domains of real life!
Seek & provide cooperation. Work with those with similar philosophy. Play long term, cooperative & win-win games with like minded people...and compound success & prosperity together!

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