This is part 14 of a series of 18 articles I wrote for Entrepreneur.com.

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I hate losing more than I love winning. There, I said it.

That instinct has been rocket fuel for FutureFund — and it’s nearly been poison too. The difference between healthy and destructive competition comes down to one question: am I trying to be better, or am I trying to make someone else worse?

I channel my competitive drive into self-improvement. Fix my weaknesses. Ship faster. Support better. I watched a competitor collapse because they let their customer support slide — I didn’t celebrate, I obsessed over making sure ours never did. “Hating to lose” means treating every small crack as a future catastrophe and fixing it now.

The other key: define success on your own terms. The moment you start measuring yourself by someone else’s scoreboard, you’ve already lost the game that actually matters.

Read the full article on Entrepreneur.com

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