Everyone loves a good challenge. I mean, come on, what's not to love? Winning is AWESOME. The feeling when you come in first, get the highest grade, or make the winning pie is great. But when has it gone too far? What takes healthy competition to the next level, an obsession?
At some point, whether it is a challenge against yourself or a challenge against someone else, someone is going to get hurt. Maybe emotionally, maybe physically, and maybe it won't be the people directly involved in the challenge getting hurt. When road to achieving the mission of whatever you are doing, whether it be to get stronger, faster, healthier, save lives, or make money, becomes so much of an obsession that you are so focused on the here and now, and not the mission, it is time to take a step back. When the challenge has consumed everything and you no longer focus on the main goal, reevaluate what you are doing and where you are going.
The road to the challenge is the best part of reaching your goal, but reaching your goal - achieving that mission - is the most difficult.
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