Crushing The Competition by Sharon Salzberg The psychoanalytic Karen Horney introduced the concept of hyper competitiveness as a neurotic personality trait almost 70 years ago. She characterized the hypercompetitive coping strategy as “moving against people” (in contrast to moving toward or away from people). Her observations are now all too evident in our culture. Extreme Us vs Them behavior has created a lonely world. There is always some new adversary to move against, so we get locked into a vicious circle of measuring our strength by disparaging others. I remember watching the ice dancing competition at the Winter Olympics one year. One couple had barely finished their intricate dance when the commentator barked out, Lacks artistry! Although bolstering our status by dismissing the efforts of others is presented as normal behavior by our culture, the feeling of superiority it produces is hollow...goo.gl/jCp6wM Photo by Beth Flaherty via Flickr
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:41:46 +0000
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