It Is Best

In my heart, a competitor, in my head a collaborator, in reality, a loner.

I seek to win, to master essential skills, to put forth my best effort, to smile in defeat, theirs or mine. Ideally theirs.

I cheerfully and willingly engage others through collaborating on a new task or project, openly sharing ideas, to and fro, deconstruct and reconstruct, but in the end, obviously, I expect the path followed be mine. Seriously, are not my ideas preeminent?

Truthfully, given an assignment, a task to solve, it is best I, and I alone analyze, research, then develop the ultimate solution.