Competitionmakespeopleoriginalandcreative.Itverynecessarytocompeteifhumansocietywantstoadvance.(Evenanimalscompeteforsurvival.)Withoutit,wewouldbecomelazyandnobodywouldrakeanyresponsibility.Whenthreemonkslivetogether,therewillbenodrinkingwater.ThisChineseproverbvividlydescribeswhyChina'sproductivitywassolowbeforeMrDengcametopower.Atthattime,wehadtheso-calledplannedeconomy.Therewasnocompetitionatall.Soneitherfarmersnorworkersworkedhard.Chinawasontheedgeofcollapse.
Competitioncanstimulatepeopletotrytheirbesttodoanything.Forexample,in100-meterrace,eachsportsmanrunsasquicklyaspossible,tryingtowinthechampion.Thesamethingshappeninoursocietyandinourdailylife.Ifacompanywantstosurpassothers,itmustcompetewiththem.Itmustraiseitsefficiency.Allthecompaniesdoingthiswillnodoubtbenefitthewholesocietyandthewholehumanrace.
Beingastudent,Imustcompetewithotherstudentsinourstudies.ImuststudyhardinallthefieldssothatIcanbeausefulmanwhenIenterthesocietyaftergraduation.