People try to do better than other people. It's an incentive.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When you compete with good people, it makes everybody better.
It is easier to motivate people to do something difficult than something easy.
Some people do better on their own. I don't.
Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.
Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are just plain luckier than others.
When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover that you actually need people who want to do the right thing, those people don't exist because you've crushed anyone's desire to do the right thing with all these incentives.
People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society.
If you're in the position to help someone and you do it, it's very rewarding.
Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.
The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.
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