Healthy vs. Unhealthy Competition in Business

Dean Graziosi
8 min readJun 10, 2021

We’re all familiar with the phrase, “A little competition never hurt anybody.” But is that really true, or can too much of a competitive spirit be a bad thing? The answer boils down to the type of competition you involve yourself in.

There are 2 types of competition: healthy competition and unhealthy competition. In business, the first type of competition will drive you to achieve your goals. The second type may force you to think negatively of yourself or others.

If you’re looking to achieve a gold medal in business success, it’s time to learn how to participate in healthy competition.

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What’s the Difference Between Healthy and Unhealthy Competition?

You don’t have to be athletic to know that human beings are motivated by competition. There’s a touch of competition in just about everything we do. We race to get to the best parking spot or shortest checkout line at the grocery store. We negotiate for the lowest price on a new house or car. We even duke it out to be first on the school pickup line!

In business especially, competition is an incentive to reach our goals. It can satisfy our natural desire to win and conquer life’s…

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Dean Graziosi

Dean Graziosi is a multiple New York Times best selling author, entrepreneur, and investor.