The Spirit of the Game by Seth Godin

If you succeed by playing by the rules honestly, you have nothing to hide or of which to be ashamed. Those who try to win by breaking the rules are afraid to let their deeds be seen by others.

If you resent competition or fear it, ask yourself how fun it is to play solitaire. I once won an award because no one else entered the contest. I did not talk about that award much afterwards.


Seth Godin says in The Spirit of the Game: "If you keep working to beat the system, you'll end up with no one to play with. Work the system, and you'll win now and later."