It's what kings do. If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.
Benchmark your performance against your best competitors. Think how you can beat them next time.
The only thing I smoke is my competition
Whenever I get matched up with a guy, I always look at who beat him and I've got to be better than those guys.
I love the competitive aspect of it [business]. It's like playing chess. Why do people play chess? Knowing the realm of moves? Even when you get to be a chess master, there are other chess masters you want to beat or outperform. And to me business is just a sport that I love to compete in; a continuous intellectual challenge that really motivates me.
Although 8.25 isn't very big, it's good to be the best of Europe again.
You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
I don't meet the competition, I destroy it.
In order to become a success, a business doesn't just have to do well, it has to to better than its competitors. Being number one isn't just about bragging rights. Often it means the difference between prospering and merely hanging on.
I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race.
