Learning to use competition, envy in a positive way

Zsolt Hermann
1 min readJun 12, 2020

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Especially in times of crisis, we can see how quick people are to find faults in others, assign blame quickly.

This is the instinctive action of our inherently self-justifying, individualistic, and subjective nature.

By finding fault in others, assigning blame to others we show how much better, higher we are.
Our whole existence, sustaining healthy self-esteem is based on comparing ourselves to others, trying to prove our self-worth, superiority at all costs.

This is the root cause of the constant, ruthless, exclusive competition, the need to succeed, survive at each other’s expense - which is plaguing our societies, civilizations.

We can learn — through a unique, purposeful and practical educational method in the right environment — how to use our seemingly negative inherent qualities of envy, jealousy, competition in a positive way, through right, purposeful and methodical conditions.

Then instead of the present self-destructive process, we can start using all our instinctive qualities in a positive, constructive way.

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Zsolt Hermann
Zsolt Hermann

Written by Zsolt Hermann

I am a Hungarian-born Orthopedic surgeon presently living in New Zealand, with a profound interest in how mutually integrated living systems work.

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