This is my attempt at a GRE "Analyze an Issue" Essay topic. Read on.
With ever increasing population and the economic downturn around the world, a satisfactory life and career have been continuously challenged. While competition and cooperation have their own independent merits, one has to be both competitive and cooperative to succeed.
Cooperation brings more ideas, empowers innovation and avoids re-inventing the wheel. Only one author might be sighted on a book. However, within the first few pages of the book, author typically acknowledges the effort of many without whose contributions, the book could not have been published. While its so challenging and competitive to enter a great academic institution such as Tepper or Wharton, you will notice that they teach team-work once you are in.
Being competitive is no more a choice. Unemployment rate has been gradually increasing. Layoffs have become common. Cost of living has also been on the rise. To make a good living, a good job is necessary. Further, a good job is easier to find if you have a good education. You need to be competitive to be even invited for a job interview. Further, competition brings out the best in us. Healthy competition challenges complacency and keeps us on the move.
Cooperation without competence leads to the "yes-man" syndrome and inappropriate conformity. Lack of competition lowers the bar of quality and innovation. Present day education system in emerging countries is a classic example. Teachers are highly incompetent. Best talent emigrate or find lucrative corporate jobs. These students, however highly cooperative they are, hardly stand up to compete with their established counterparts from institutions such as Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Carnegie or Berkeley.
At the same time, competition without cooperation leads to unnecessary rework and severely limits the scale of accomplishments. Best research outputs come as a result of team-work. Even sports such as Chess that are played between individuals thrive on the pillars of both competition and cooperation. The great chess masters Kasparov and Anand have always praised and attributed their success to their team of advisers.
In conclusion, there are living examples of people who were successful because they were both cooperative and competitive. Either cooperation or competition on its own cannot be a royal road to success. Together, these qualities build a person with felicitous character.
With ever increasing population and the economic downturn around the world, a satisfactory life and career have been continuously challenged. While competition and cooperation have their own independent merits, one has to be both competitive and cooperative to succeed.
Cooperation brings more ideas, empowers innovation and avoids re-inventing the wheel. Only one author might be sighted on a book. However, within the first few pages of the book, author typically acknowledges the effort of many without whose contributions, the book could not have been published. While its so challenging and competitive to enter a great academic institution such as Tepper or Wharton, you will notice that they teach team-work once you are in.
Being competitive is no more a choice. Unemployment rate has been gradually increasing. Layoffs have become common. Cost of living has also been on the rise. To make a good living, a good job is necessary. Further, a good job is easier to find if you have a good education. You need to be competitive to be even invited for a job interview. Further, competition brings out the best in us. Healthy competition challenges complacency and keeps us on the move.
Cooperation without competence leads to the "yes-man" syndrome and inappropriate conformity. Lack of competition lowers the bar of quality and innovation. Present day education system in emerging countries is a classic example. Teachers are highly incompetent. Best talent emigrate or find lucrative corporate jobs. These students, however highly cooperative they are, hardly stand up to compete with their established counterparts from institutions such as Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Carnegie or Berkeley.
At the same time, competition without cooperation leads to unnecessary rework and severely limits the scale of accomplishments. Best research outputs come as a result of team-work. Even sports such as Chess that are played between individuals thrive on the pillars of both competition and cooperation. The great chess masters Kasparov and Anand have always praised and attributed their success to their team of advisers.
In conclusion, there are living examples of people who were successful because they were both cooperative and competitive. Either cooperation or competition on its own cannot be a royal road to success. Together, these qualities build a person with felicitous character.
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