"경쟁은 어느 정도까지만 유용하고 그 이상은 유용하지 않다는 것이 밝혀졌지만, 오늘날 우리가 추구해야 할 최고의 가치인 협력은 경쟁이 멈춘 곳에서부터 시작됩니다."
-프랭클린 D. 루즈벨트
Our team has been studying Simon Sinek’s The Infinite Game. One of the key forces that he speaks to is the benefit of having a worthy rival to compete against, to push you, and to motivate you to do better. As we all know, the media loves to highlight rivals in the world of sports, politics, and business, and many communities also fall into this trap, comparing themselves city to city or state to state. Make no mistake, it’s certainly true that comparing yourself to the competition certainly has value. After all, it allows you to contrast your business, organization, team, city, or state to others, and that can create urgency, motivate teams, activate investors, and it certainly provides perspective. However, this never-ending game of comparison can lead to incrementalism, complacency, and tunnel vision while others look inward to innovate, create opportunities, and define new paradigms for success.
In the book Beyond Disruption the authors observe that “what we ultimately achieve through our imagination and digitally enabled power, however, is dependent on the kind of problems we set out to solve and the kind of opportunities we set out to create.” This prompts two questions that all community leaders should seek to answer and to revisit often on your development journey. What kind of opportunities are you really seeking to create? What problems are we setting out to solve?
이번 주에 여러분의 가치 있는 라이벌에 대해 생각해보고, 우리를 더 나아지도록 밀어주는 라이벌을 찾되, 불안해하거나 편집증에 빠지지 않고 관점을 가지고 그렇게 할 수 있도록 동기를 부여하는 계기가 되었으면 좋겠습니다. 또한, 우리가 1인치를 얻기 위해 모든 자원과 에너지를 소진하고 있다면, 그 대신 미개척 시장과 미개척 기회를 추구하여 사람들의 삶을 개선하고 새로운 기회를 창출할 수 있다는 점을 잠시 멈추고 생각해보는 계기가 되길 바랍니다.
멋진 한 주를 보내며 서로를 격려하고 함께 앞으로 나아갑시다.
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