"“Compete,” I’m told, is not what I think it is. It’s not about triumphing over others, a notion I’ve always been uneasy about. **Compete means excellence**. "“Compete comes from the Latin,” explains [[Mike Gervais]], the competitive-surfer-turned-sports-psychologist who is one of Pete’s partners in culture building. “**Quite literally, it means strive together. It doesn’t have anything in its origins about another person losing**.”" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[competition]], [[consistency]], [[character]], [[organisational-culture]], [[leadership]] **Source** -- [[20241030 - B - Grit]]