2014 July: She’s not your competition

I was somewhat dismayed in recent years to hear the story of a young woman who attended an elite girls’ school in the same city I grew up in some thirty years later. She was intelligent and driven in all fields of life, including a passion for sport. Over her […]

She’s not your competition; Day thirty one

31 Jul, 2014 in 2014 July: She's not your competition by Penny

If you get ahead, does that make me smaller? For some people the answer appears to be ‘yes’ and as a result they spend their energy cutting down those who set off on a path that makes them stand out. We can become intimidated by the brilliance in another person. […]

She’s not your competition; Day thirty

30 Jul, 2014 in 2014 July: She's not your competition by Penny

Avoidance of competition may well deny us the great benefits of stretching and extending ourselves to achieve to our own outer limits – “What can I do? What am I truly capable of?” This is one of the reasons I have questioned the response of society to competition and any […]

She’s not your competition; Day twenty nine

29 Jul, 2014 in 2014 July: She's not your competition by Penny

When competition is only seen as a yardstick of worth then we are all at risk of never being good enough. In fact it is a guarantee because there is always someone better prepared, more gifted, with greater support than ourselves. But that is good news because when we know […]

She’s not your competition; Day twenty eight

28 Jul, 2014 in 2014 July: She's not your competition by Penny

Dr Robert P Vecchio, in ‘Managing Envy and Jealousy in the Workplace’, talks about envy and jealousy as “commonplace in the workplace because of the characteristic competitiveness of organisational life. He recommends five initiatives to counteract these persistent reactions: Evaluating the emotional maturity of candidates at the time of hire. […]

She’s not your competition; Day twenty seven

27 Jul, 2014 in 2014 July: She's not your competition by Penny

Courage is not a feel-good emotion, but rather a steeling of backbone; going against feelings of insecurity, hurt, revenge, embarrassment, unrestrained ambition, to bring about what we know is appropriate. Courage is not the absence of difficulty, discomfort and fear but rather present with much blood, sweat and tears. But […]

She’s not your competition; Day twenty six

26 Jul, 2014 in 2014 July: She's not your competition by Penny