Letting Go of the Need to Win

There was an article in Tuesday's WSJ titled When Winning isn't Everything that I thought was interesting even for us non-Baby Boomers.

The author mentions that his generation's competitive drive to achieve can actually be a dangerous thing! The context is in the world of physical fitness but I can't help but extrapolate this to other areas of our lives.

Many of the recent scandals from Bernie Madoff to Stanford to the Roger Clemens steroid story all seem to stem from that desire of wanting more or offering performance that seems too good to be true!

The ethics of this country seem to have gone out the window in favor of continuing to get or achieve more. I hope the younger generations such as mine can take heart as we lead this country into the future. There's a hefty price to pay for winning at all costs - whether it be financial pain or physical pain!

Thoughts?