As I watched my Met’s beat Cincinnati and hoped St Louis would lose as well I realized a key factor in most of our life’s, for us to win someone else must lost. It can be a simple bid where Joe Shmoe wins Jack Shmoe loses or even this blog piece where you read what Bud Rebel says but then have to ignore Brat Rebel (sorry Brat). Even in “group efforts” one will be designated the leader while others will lose that opportunity. The key therefore is to try to make your wins better for others then if someone else was victorious. It could mean giving an extra dollar to charity,finding a way to build greater success in your work place, or just being more fun and happy then your competition. Don’t feel bad this isn’t just a homosapien trait as one animals meal is another’s life. Competition makes us all a bit better and hopefully knowing that your win resulted in another’s loss will do the same as well.