One-Upmanship
In a society of one-upmanship it falls on us to create an environment which is conducive to harmonious and peaceful coexistence....a Herculean task, not a mean feat to be accomplished effortlessly. In a society where one needs to get noticed amongst a sea of people to be given some credibility for one’s merits, one-upmanship is a constant phenomenon governing one’s life. Be it the daily mundane cores, to achieve one’s own personal end or any lifetime achievement in a larger perspective that of the country, the world or humanity. That then instills in every human being a sense of competition and where there is competition there follows at heels the spirit of ruthlessness, and needless to add in a ruthless atmosphere, there is no place for mutual sympathy or any compassion for the other and the atmosphere is far from harmonious one. Competition is the spirit of one-upmanship and it certainly is not a healthy trend, as many tend to put it, of stretching oneself to reach one’s own maximum potential. On the contrary it simply inculcates the negative feelings of always wanting to outdo the other and in that process end up humiliating the other person, which again, is
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Some common words found in the essay are:
, maximum potential, ones own, ones own maximum, own maximum, own maximum potential, stretch ourselves, try stretch, winning losing, teams win,
Approximate Word count = 786
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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