Compete at work?

Comparing competing in sports with normal workdays is in my experience utterly wrong.

I played football in a team as a teenager, and one of the team members later played in the World Championships in UK for Sweden.

When riding today, it’s not competition. It’s about getter better and building trust between me and the horse. He can jump much higher than me. Yes, we will soon compete, but the reason is to see progress, not with others.

When you are in a team, you can learn from others and be better. If you are an individual competing with everyone, you’re alone. This even applies for a team of two.

My horse, Carayllio have been jumping on Grand-Prix levels, more than 150 cm height. For me as a beginner horse rider, 50 cm is high enough, so he is teaching me to be a better rider.

An experience rider on the other hand, can jump very high with him, and train young horses to jump.

This is more about mastery than competition, even if someone is faster and jumps higher in world championships.

In both cases I do sports for fun, not for anybody tell me to compete.

Work as a consultant is doing a job every day, with more or less challenging task to solve.

Collaborating with others, not competing. Learning from others, and train when you are a master yourself.