Seth Godin blogs about the positive power of competition.
As far as I can see it, the two most important benefits to competition are:
** Competition motivates our businesses to innovate
** Competitive forces simultaneously compete and conspire to create a movement that eventually drive more people to each competitor
Ex. Organic food movement, yoga movement, photo’s on-line movement, social networking movement
In China, I noticed whole city blocks devoted to a particular retail specialty. There was a bridal store street, a shoe street, a furniture street, etc… and they were all thriving.
[…] The song was Bella Luna by Jason Mraz. And it got me thinking that when we create something from some deep place inside of ourselves, other people can feel it and it creates a magical effect.” Â (you can read the rest here) […]