Avoid Competition At All Costs
Amid competition, people lose sight of what matters and focus on their rivals instead
- Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and copy what has worked in the past (hallucination of opportunities)
- Companies lose sight of whether the market is the right place to be amidst rivalries
People take their personal honor so seriously they will fight for things that donโt matter
- This twisted logic is part of human nature, but itโs disastrous in business
LOK: 4. Management
RL: Zero to one
IDEAS: Competition