{"id":1356,"date":"2018-11-05T18:37:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/creation-versus-competition\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:21:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:21:23","slug":"creation-versus-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/creation-versus-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Creation Vs. Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Rethink what it means to be competitive by injecting creativity<\/h1>\n<p>The most successful business people I know focus more on creation than they do competition.&nbsp;In fact, the way&nbsp;to&nbsp;compete is by being the most creative.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>I often hear <strong>\u201cCompetition is&nbsp;what made this country great!\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;I will argue that competition caused someone to be more creative,&nbsp;and it is creativity that made this country great.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Certainly, competition exists,&nbsp;and sometimes it\u2019s necessary, worthwhile,&nbsp;and even enjoyable\u2014witness the sports culture in the United&nbsp;States.&nbsp;However, don\u2019t leap to believing that all of life is a competition.&nbsp;One of the keys to being successful&nbsp;is figuring out what game you\u2019re in.&nbsp;Is it a zero-sum game (winners and losers) where you need to compete,&nbsp;or is it a game of synergy (win\/win) where you need to cooperate? Both games exist in life.&nbsp;In either game, generally,&nbsp;the&nbsp;most creative person or team wins.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>A 100-Year Old Lesson<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>In 1910, Wallace D. Wattles wrote his classic self-help book,&nbsp;<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/342504.The_Science_of_Getting_Rich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Science of Getting Rich<\/a>.<\/i>&nbsp;His book was the basis of the successful movie and book,&nbsp;<i>The Secret.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/i>What Wattles has to say about creating is the mantra for many entrepreneurs and value creators.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i>\u201cYou must get rid of the thought of competition.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>You are to create, not to compete for what is already created.<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><i>You do not have to take anything away from anyone.&nbsp;<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><i>You do not have to drive sharp bargains.<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><i>You do not have to cheat or to take advantage.<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><i>You do not need to let anyone work for you for less than he earns.&nbsp;<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>You do not have to covet the property of others or to look at it with wishful eyes.<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><i>No one has anything of which you cannot have the like.<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;Y<\/span><i>ou are to become a creator, not a competitor.&nbsp;<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>You are going to get what you want, but in such a way that when you get it,<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><i>&nbsp;every other person whom you affect will have more than he has now.&nbsp;<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><i>You are not seeking anything that is possessed by anybody else.<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><i>You are causing what you want to be creat<\/i><i>ed from formless substance, and the supply is without limits.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Stick to the formulated statement:&nbsp;<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong><i>There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its&nbsp;<\/i><\/strong><strong><i>original state, permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the universe.&nbsp;<\/i><\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong><i>A thought, in this substance produces the thing that is imaged by the thought.&nbsp;<\/i><\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>A person can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon formless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created.&#8221;<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wattles\u2019 description of the \u201cthinking stuff\u201d is later called \u201cthe field\u201d or \u201cquantum field\u201d by Albert Einstein and is beautifully and simply explained in the book&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lynnemctaggart.com\/the-field-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>The Field<\/i><\/a>&nbsp;by Lynne&nbsp;McTaggert.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>The Science of Getting Ric<\/i>h was the predecessor to later self-help books such as&nbsp;<i>The<\/i>&nbsp;<i>Master Key System&nbsp;<\/i>by Charles F.&nbsp;Haanel&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i>Think and Grow Rich<\/i>&nbsp;by Napoleon Hill.&nbsp; It&nbsp;has become a cult classic&nbsp;for many entrepreneurs and is free at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceofgettingrich.net\/\">http:\/\/www.scienceofgettingrich.net\/<\/a>.&nbsp; Read it and start creating!&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW100364441\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW100364441\"><strong>Author Bio: Larry Kendal<\/strong>l<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW100364441\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW100364441\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-51481 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/larry.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Kendall\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\">Larry Kendal<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW100364441\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW100364441\">l, author of Ninja Selling and chairman e<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW100364441\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW100364441\">meritus of The Group, Inc.&nbsp;He is one of the founding partners of The Group, Inc., a real estate company that is owned equally by its sales associates and staff. 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