1,687 Quotes About Competition

The weakness of an art is its dogma. And when I’m competing against an individual from a different discipline, I try to find the dogma of that discipline. When I’m competing with someone within a discipline, I try to find their personal dogma. 

The top challengers are usually understood, but there are always a few dark horses in the running for every major tournament.” —Oscar Auliq-Ice

Strategy is heavily influenced by its roots in military strategy. The very language of strategy is deeply imbued with military references— chief executive “officers” in “headquarters,” “troops” on the “front lines.” Described this way, strategy is all about red ocean competition. It is about confronting an opponent and driving him off a battlefield of limited territory.

Today, one hardly talks about strategy without using the language of competition.

Never use the competition as a benchmark

strategy perforce becomes a zero-sum game where one company’s gain is another company’s loss

to win in the future, companies must stop competing with each other. The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying to beat the competition.

strategy is about confronting an opponent and fighting over a given piece of land that is both limited and constant.

The more that companies share this conventional wisdom about how they compete, the greater the competitive convergence among them.