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How competitive are you? Do you want to win at any cost? #1 (permalink) Fri Jun 08, 2007 20:11 pm   How competitive are you? Do you want to win at any cost?
 

Hi,

How competitive are you? Do you want to win at any cost? Do you back off if you find the competition too strong? Is it the winning or beating others that turns you on or do you really want the prize?

My questions have been prompted by a TV series currently showing in the UK in a programme called The Apprentice. This is a series in which 16 of the brightest and best compete to be appointed as the winner. They have various tasks to perform and each week one of them is fired or sacked from the group. The idea is based on an idea from American TV:

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Sixteen candidates, two eagle-eyed advisors and one self-made millionaire. Sir Alan Sugar is back to test the nerves and brains of the hungriest hopefuls in the business world.


The reason I have posted this is because one of the candidates was offered the chance to continue in the final next week but decided to withdraw and the burning question is: Did she compete just to show how clever she was and not want to fail or did she really want to win?

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Competitive #2 (permalink) Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:30 am   Competitive
 

Hi,

I remember you posted a note about this show some time ago.
I assume that she decided to drop out because whether she'd gotten completely worn out and reckoned that the aim isnt worth trying or she'd been offered something more promising and ventured to go for it
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