There is this talk that life is a "WAR" and to survive, one must win. This sounds reasonable but it is not necessarily true. At least in my view and to the extent that such perspective scorches the earth.
A war mentality says for me, "To survive, my counterpart must be eliminated". A major bane of our clime.
Surely, life must be more than that. It is not just about winning, but more about maintaining the peace.
A chance for all to have a fair shot at success that is, but not at the detriment of the counter party.
That is a more helpful perspective which creates an ecosystem that is mutually reinforcing and produces an atmosphere of progressive "coo petition" which I refer to as cooperation and or positive competition rather than negative competition.
A community of all-winners albeit with different sizes of trophies.
Is this possible? I believe so.
I recall my A level economic quote that says " A healthy rivalry brings about lower prices and better products ".
Let us try and create such an atmosphere of healthy rivalry in our own little endeavor and pave our way to the promised land.
I am PROUDLY NIGERIAN.
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