{"id":5583,"date":"2019-04-28T11:45:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T17:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/?p=5583"},"modified":"2024-03-17T11:07:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T17:07:59","slug":"the-competition-never-stands-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/the-competition-never-stands-still\/","title":{"rendered":"The Competition Never Stands Still"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Do not knock the competition unless you can knock them out; even then, do not do it.<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"674\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Competition.mp3'>Competition<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Competition.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Competition\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Competition\\\".\",\"meta\":{\"artist\":\"Stephen Choo Quan\",\"album\":\"Design and Execute\",\"length_formatted\":\"2:47\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Compliment the competition. It shows respect. Competition means preparing to be your best.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">They are focused on training<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. They are fixing the flaws that led to their last defeat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">They are forming a strategy for exploiting <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">where they think you are weak. Competitive edge comes from training hard, scouting your competition, and preparing for everything that comes at you. They are already studying you and your history of moves. You are only as invincible as much as the competition cannot see any chinks in your armor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">They are getting new tools, techniques, and technologies\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">to make them more competitive for the next meet. They are thinking about what they can do that you cannot do.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What made them winners in the last meet, and what are you doing today to leapfrog your competition?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you were the last winner, do not think that will be the case the next time you meet. How are you going to shut out the competition? Beating the competition is relatively easy. Beating yourself is a never-ending commitment. I had learned from track and field that the art of competing was the art of forgetting. It would help if you forgot your limits. It would be best if you forgot your doubts, your pain, and your past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you suffered a loss to the more sophisticated competition, learn, let the fire of passion for improvement, and hope a better outcome bless your subsequent encounter. Do not set small stretch challenges, but big ones that stretch you, or you will be blown out at your next competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The conditions change every year, and your competition changes to the context, be persistent and self-confident, analyze your failure but do not linger on it. It is a good practice to underestimate yourself and overestimate the competition. Competition is a dog eat dog world. Innovation, strategy, and technique are how you stay ahead of the game and leave them in the dust.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL SPEED SLAUGHTERS THE COMPETITION. \u2013MARK MCCORMACK<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The significant forces of change to keep your eyes on are<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Competition<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Potential substitution<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Clients appetite<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Regulations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">New technology driving changes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the author of \u201cBOLD,\u201d Peter H Diamandis, there are six things every CEO must know:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Change is constant,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The rate of change is accelerating,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Disrupt or be disrupted,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">More competition is coming<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With exponential technology, there is a lower barrier to entry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Harness the power of the crowd or die by crowdsourcing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stephen Choo Quan<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Sharing is Caring. 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