I'm competitive but ethical - I won't fight dirty. But I think Realtors ARE fighters!!!

That "team player" mantra is a bunch of BS.  It works for sheep not shepherds.  I always say I will be a team player as long as I am the 'CAPTAIN!'

My good friend of sixteen years, now deceased, said, "Winning is what people remember - second place sucks."

I sell for the win - the prize is winning, the money is a bonus.

Lead, follow or get out of the way, remember this?

I think that winning involves strategic planning while incorporating all your training, courage, tenacity and maybe some luck.  Interestingly, the harder I work the luckier I get. 

Sue, your opposition to the statement that "all kids should be treated equally for doing a good job in sports, school work, etc." I agree with you.  Actually, I think schools want to adopt a policy to NOT award achievement.  They want kids to think whether you excel or not, it doesn't matter.  Mediocrity will become acceptable.  Yikes!

If people are not competitive they are apathetic, lazy, weak, complacent and losers. 

I wouldn't want those words to describe ME or anyone I cared about.

So, if we raise a generation of non-competitive kids, when they become adults who will lead our country? 

A foreign entity that raised winners?  India is VERY competitive - they strive for excellence in education.  Do you think Russia, Iran, Korea or China would respect America if our image was that we didn't care about winning?

Leaders tend to be first born children.  They are natural born leaders.  If you know anything about birth order you will understand their characteristics.  Children are considered 'first born' if they are:

- the only child

- first born of either gender

- opposite gender of the previous sibling

- or if there is a five year gap between siblings

I am an ESTJ (Meyers-Briggs) just like Bill Gates.  Nice company, I think! 

Fun Facts

• Famous first born children: Walter Conkrite, Dan Rather, Oprah Winfrey, Rush Limbaugh and Arsenio Hall

• More than 1/2 of the U.S. Presidents were first born children

• 2/3 of entrepreneurs are first born children

• 21 of the 23 first astronauts were first born children

First born child.

Every morning in Africa the sun comes up.  The lion knows that he must be faster than the slowest Gazelle or he will go hungry.

Each morning the Gazelle wakes up knowing he must be faster than the slowest in his herd in order to survive another day in the desert.

In the desert - you don't have to be a Lion - you just can't be the slowest Gazelle. 

So tomorrow, let's all wake up hungry and fast.

Which are you, predator or prey?