How far will you go with regards to winning some particular event or test, and as to ambitions and/or ethical behaviour?
All my life I can't say I was particularly competitive or ambitious, even if I did try my best much of the time, especially in any team situations. I didn't for example practice football or cricket much during schooling, not being that interested in either, so consequently wasn't particularly good at them. I can't really think of anything that I tried to improve so as to win, and subsequently I was successful in this - not winning anything. Even exams were only taken seriously later in my youth (when I did much better), but I would never have cheated in any. So overall I just left such to fate and did as much as I could, not ever thinking of how I could get around or defeat the system or some competitor.
Later in life I did observe how other individuals behaved differently. A few examples. A good friend of mine, whilst playing a game of darts in a pub once, felt the need to hassle me whilst it was my turn (comments and such), something which I would never do. He did appear to me to be very competitive and just hated losing, seemingly even at a game of darts. Another example. During a speed beer-drinking contest, I just happened to be the fastest in our team (a group of close friends), but we rarely won in the final. Another lad, from a team that usually won, tried to poach me to join their team, but of course I felt some loyalty to my mates and declined. But the incident did point out to me that some seemingly had such a competitive streak in them that they would want any they perceived as being a threat to be in their team so as to maintain their superiority.
These are very minor examples, but then I haven't really much else to offer in this context, but what have you done to make sure you have won - or not done?
Win, lose, or doesn't matter that much?
All my life I can't say I was particularly competitive or ambitious, even if I did try my best much of the time, especially in any team situations. I didn't for example practice football or cricket much during schooling, not being that interested in either, so consequently wasn't particularly good at them. I can't really think of anything that I tried to improve so as to win, and subsequently I was successful in this - not winning anything. Even exams were only taken seriously later in my youth (when I did much better), but I would never have cheated in any. So overall I just left such to fate and did as much as I could, not ever thinking of how I could get around or defeat the system or some competitor.
Later in life I did observe how other individuals behaved differently. A few examples. A good friend of mine, whilst playing a game of darts in a pub once, felt the need to hassle me whilst it was my turn (comments and such), something which I would never do. He did appear to me to be very competitive and just hated losing, seemingly even at a game of darts. Another example. During a speed beer-drinking contest, I just happened to be the fastest in our team (a group of close friends), but we rarely won in the final. Another lad, from a team that usually won, tried to poach me to join their team, but of course I felt some loyalty to my mates and declined. But the incident did point out to me that some seemingly had such a competitive streak in them that they would want any they perceived as being a threat to be in their team so as to maintain their superiority.
These are very minor examples, but then I haven't really much else to offer in this context, but what have you done to make sure you have won - or not done?
Win, lose, or doesn't matter that much?