this "me monday," i'll be talking about something that many people might not know about me: i'm competitive. extremely competitive. i'm competitive in mario bros., uno, tennis, spades, coloring, cooking, breathing, etc.
now, this competiveness doesn't always show itself. i have this clark kent mentality (i'll talk about that on the next "me monday") that usually causes me to conceal my full potential for fear of being "found out." also, i don't necessarly like to crush people. sometimes i do, if someone beat me the last time. but mostly if i turn it on it's just that i want to play my people.
i think i always was. i don't really know where it came from. i can't even remember when i finally realized it. i like to win, sure, but more than that i think that i always like to do my very best. and then exceed my very best. and then exceed that. it just so happens that when i do that, i win! yay!
maybe it first happened with martial arts. i can vividly remember the weekend after i took my first class. i went outside and practiced for at least two hours. and i only knew three moves: a high block, inner forearm block, and a front kick. consequently, i think those are some of the moves that my technique is the best on.
my competitive nature really came out when i started playing tennis. i simply MUST win every point. obviously, i don't, but if i could find a way to i would.
ultimately, i guess that it's just a drive to be the very best that i can be. more times than not, i'm not competing against the other person. the other person is only a wall to climb to reach new heights and depths. in high school, a good friend and i where the top two students. it was so close that it would flucuate from week to week. but i wanted the top spot. so i went to work and snagged it. it's just what i have the ability to do.
i believe that i have a wealth of untapped potential...and i'm doing my best to get every drop.
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