Write an essay stating your position on whether competition is necessary for
success.

Is competition actually needed to be successful? Infact Certain competitiveness is necessary for being successful. Good competition can bring out creativity, clarity, motivation, and develop new beliefs, and it teaches us how to goal set. "You have competition everyday because you set such high standards for yourselves that you have to go out everyday and live up to that". "Healthy competition is good for all. Dealing with wins & losses in any competitive arena is like getting an immunity shot against disease". Bad competition on the other hand can destroy your self esteem, make you full of yourselves, aggressive, self absorbed, picky, stressed out. So there for the right competition is really good for being  successful, and can teach you some life lessons.

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