Healthy Competition

A little competition is good for you, but going overboard can be a dangerous thing.

I Coulda Been a Contender

By Abby Ellin

Some people spend a lifetime clocking their non-accomplishments.

Competitions Within Competitions

By Hilary Levey Friedman Ph.D.

America’s insatiable hunger

Are You a Type A or B Personality?

By Ronald E Riggio Ph.D.

Achievement-addicted or laid-back? Why it matters.

Learning to Be a Good Sport

By Eileen Kennedy-Moore Ph.D.

Helping children cope with winning and losing.

More From This Collection

Resilience: Why It's Vital and How To Enhance It

By Susan Heitler Ph.D.

You can't always get what you want, but resilience helps you rebound sooner.

Is Facebook Making You Depressed?

By Diane Dreher Ph.D.

The dark side of social media.

Has America Become Too Competitive?

By Jim Taylor Ph.D.

Whatever happened to the pure joy of dancing, singing, cooking, and yoga?

The Benefits of Feeling Competitive

By Lisa Firestone Ph.D.

Why feeling competitive can be good for us.

Susan Boyle: The New Face – and Voice! – of the "Spinster Cat Lady"

By Bella DePaulo Ph.D.

The lessons we have not yet learned from Susan Boyle

I Dare You to Read This

By Robert Evans Wilson Jr.

What challenges you to excel?

Is Exercise the Answer to a Higher Income?

By Jacinta Francis Ph.D.

Investing in health to boost our wealth

Parents’ competitive drive is not for child’s play

By Kate Roberts Ph.D.

Parents' desire for a child to win can sometimes have the opposite effect.

Leadership Lessons (Seriously) from the Cowboys Cheerleaders

By Victor Lipman

Their management excels at difficult feedback—direct but not demoralizing.

Beauty Ambivalence

By Vivian Diller Ph.D.

Why Do We Take Sides When It Comes to Women's Looks?

How to Achieve Success at Work, Part II

By Elizabeth Wagele

Here is advice from a highly achieving manager.

How to tell the difference between good and bad competition

By F. Diane Barth L.C.S.W.

How do we decide when it’s okay to compete, and when it’s downright dangerous?

Spectator Sports Can Boost Mental Health

By Laura Deutsch

Standing in the rain before a race, I had second thoughts.

Stand and Deliver: What Motivates Us to Do Our Best

By Seth Slater M.F.A.

How to turn the daily grind into an easy jog toward the finish line

Sex, Power, Money, and All of the Above

By Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D.

Who will win in the search for sex, power, and money?

Diana Nyad and Swimming Torture

By Jeanne Safer Ph.D.

Must the hellish ordeal be our athletic ideal?

Competition triggers a primal sense of threat

By Loretta G. Breuning Ph.D.

Competition is not a survival threat, but it feels that way.

Seize New Opportunities with Starbucks Research

By Larry Stybel

Success, caffeine, and information.

Rafa Tough

By Adam Naylor EdD, CC-AASP

Legendary mental toughness may not be what you think.

Convocation for Kennedy

By Katherine Ramsland Ph.D.

Duquesne University’s Wecht Institute hosts 50th anniversary conference.