Competitiveness is a positive quality for people to have among most societies. How does this competitiveness affect individuals? Do you think it is a positive or negative trend?
题目来源：2020年11月12日大陆雅思大作文（重复11年3月12日的题目）
题目大意
在多数社会，竞争意识是一个有利的个人品质。它如何影响个人？积极还是消极现象？
思路解析
竞争类的话题是雅思写作和口语中都会出现的内容，除了独立出现外，还可能会伴随着“团队合作”、“学习某样技能或者某个环境能提高竞争力”等等一起出现。
因为这道题目包含2部分：1）竞争意识如何影响个人；2）推崇竞争意识的利弊。所以我们从两部分分别来探讨。
首先要明白，竞争在我们的社会或者说生活中是一种常态，读书时候会比谁成绩好、成绩好坏决定了上什么学校；工作时候会比谁完成得好或者业绩多，进而决定了收入和升职空间；做父母了会可能会想让孩子受到更好的教育，竞争更好的教育资源，所以有了比其他住房更贵的“学区房”。种种这些情况都是在竞争。
竞争意识能够激发一个人的激情和斗志，在遇到困难时候，能够更主动地寻找克服困难的方法或者发现自己的不足而加以改进提升， 进而战胜困难，收获一个更好的结果。个体在这个过程是不断成长的。
而当需要完成某个工作项目或任务时候，因为竞争的关系，我们会去追求并达成更好的结果，这会促使项目本身的结果也达到了尽可能好的结果。
竞争意识的坏处也有两方面：过度的竞争意识会破坏合作，以及增加个人的物质和精神的负担。
很多问题或者目标单凭个体是无法达成的，而是要靠双方让渡自己的利益，从而进行合作共赢来实现的。这里包括人、企业甚至国家之间。
但是过度关注竞争的人会追求让自己利益大化，在这过程中往往会损害对方的利益，也就导致了双方难以进行合作来解决相应的问题。
对于个体来说，竞争过于激烈，往往也会造成个体极大的物质压力和精神压力。比如为了想要子女读更好的学校，所以父母需要去买更好的学区房，而这样的房子会更加的贵，这无疑加重了家庭的负担。或者对于多数学生来说，要上好的大学就必须在高考中拿到更好的成绩，或者学校也会通过考试排名来刺激学生，这种排名竞争的压力，可能也会使得学生产生焦虑和厌恶学习等负面的精神状态
回到题目本身，在文章结构上，根据问什么答什么的原则，就是2个主体段分别回应2个部分；主体段-1分析对个人的影响；主体段-2分析推崇竞争意识的利弊；
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范文示例
Of all qualities of humanity, being competitive is recognized in many cultures as an outstanding attribute for people to achieve career prospects. For my perspective, I will say that the sense of competition is key to provide the confidence and ambitions needed for individual to pursue their goals in life; nevertheless, the emphasis on this feature should be considered from both positive and negative angle.
The relevance of competitiveness to people resides in every stage of individual careers. For the majority of those aspiring for success, the primary problem that stands in the way to achieving various goals along their careers is lack of confidence when facing competition, whether these be peer pressure during student career, or competing for a decent job among hundreds of rivals. In response to this, it is the sense of competition that provides them the needed encouragement to strive for what they aspire for regardless how doomy the prospect seems.
Be that as it may, it does not necessarily mean that being competitive is always a bless. While the aforementioned advantages make it an imperative determinant in compelling people to compete for the best possible outcomes, I will say the preoccupation with competition may backfire at other virtues such as collaborative spirit. The devotees of rivalry are oblivious to the fact that not all conundrums in reality can be tackled by pure competition; rather, many outcomes are consequences of reconciliation between different stakeholders. Examples regarding this consist of cooperation between business partners and even strategic agreements between nations. Unfortunately, it is difficult for those reared in the competitive milieu to see others as anything other than potential threats.
Taken collectively, it is my conclusion therefore, though being competitive deserves its value to people achieving their aims, to emphasis exclusively on the attribute should be considered from a critical perspective.
