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Competition Resources

by Ron Kurtus (updated 4 February 2022)

The following websites and books are resources and references on winning in competitions.

• Competition websites
  • Personal competition
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Games
• Books
• Miscellaneous

Use these resources to help your understanding of the material.

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Competition Websites

Personal competition

How to Win an Argument

How to Win American Idol - Psychology Today

Social Rank - Extensive information on subject

The Psychology of Social Status: How the pursuit of status can lead to aggressive and self-defeating behavior - Scientific American

Social status - Wikipedia

Two Routes to Social Status: Dominance isn't the only path to social status - Psychology Today

With change of social status comes a change of social circle - The National Arab Newsletter

Social position - Wikipedia

How to Win a Merit Scholarship

Business competition

Art of Business - Tactics and strategies

Get to Know Your Competition - Entrepreneur Magazine

6 Ways to Beat Your Biggest Competitor - Marketing for Success

Sports competition

Sports and Competition - Articles from Psychology Today

How to be a Winner - For young athletes - Psychology Today

Success: Winners and Losers - The making of a winner - Psychology Today

The Body Language of Victory - Psychology Today

How To How to win the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Championship

Games

Winning At Texas Holdem Poker - Poker Practice

Poker Games Coverage - Beat the Fish

Casino Gambling - For Dummies

Books

(Notice: The School for Champions may earn commissions from book purchases)

General competition

Top-rated books on Competitions

Top-rated books on Winning Competitions

Top-rated books on Winning Strategies

Top-rated books on Gamesmanship

No Contest: The Case Against Competition by Alfie Kohn; Mariner Books (1992) $15.00 - Contending that competition in all areas of school, family, sports and business is destructive, and that success so achieved is at the expense of another's failure; instead should restructure competition into cooperation

Embracing Victory: Life Lessons in Competition and Compassion by Mariah Burton Nelson; William Morrow & Company (1998) $23.00

Business competition books

Top-rated books on Business Competition

Top-rated books on Business Strategies

Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance by Michael E. Porter; Free Press (1998) $37.50 - Concepts of business and corporate strategy

Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy by Bruce Greenwald, Judd Kahn; Portfolio Hardcover (2005) $26.95 - Business Strategy for executives to show how their markets work, where there competitive opportunities lie, and how to develop and protect them

Michael E. Porter on Competition by Michael E. Porter; Harvard Business School Press (1998) $39.95 - Noted authority on competition and corporate strategy shows that a successful company must not only adopt the best practices available but also differentiate itself from its rivals

Sun Tzu and the Art of Business: Six Strategic Principles for Managers by Mark R. McNeilly; Oxford University Press (2000) $17.95 - Application of Sun Tzu classic to business competition

Small business and sales competition books

How to Get Your Competition Fired (Without Saying Anything Bad About Them): Using The Wedge to Increase Your Sales by Randy Schwantz; John Wiley & Sons (2005) $24.95 - Selling system that tackles the challenge of breaking the prospect's relationship with your competition

Balls!: 6 Rules for Winning Today's Business Game by Alexi Venneri; John Wiley & Sons (2005) $19.95 - America's small and midsized businesses face unique challenges as they struggle to reach the kind of long-term business goals achieved by larger companies

Sports and games competition books

Top-rated books on Sports Strategies

Top-rated books on Coaching Winners

Top-rated books on Coaching Secrets

Top-rated books on Gambling Strategies

Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master by Brad Gilbert, Steve Jamison; Fireside (1994) $12.95 - Winning is dictated by mental and physical conditioning giving tips on how to think about each point with winning in mind

Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Jeff Coakley; Chess'n Math Association (2000) $24.95 - Comprehensive chess course written for children 7 to 13 years old

Train Tough the Army Way: 50 Sports Strategies to Out-Think, Out-Train, and Out-Perform Your Competition by Mark Bender; McGraw-Hill (2002) $16.95 - No-nonsense guide offers athletes the proven mental-training techniques developed by the military to prepare warriors for battle and meet any athletic challenge, crush the competition and have a great time doing it

The Mental Edge by Kenneth Baum; Perigee Trade (1999) $13.95 - Why seemingly average athletes can excel at their sport while athletes with great potential will at time never reach their goals

Critical Moments During Competition: A Mind-Body Model of Sport Performance When It Counts the Most by Roland A. Carlstedt; Psychology Press (UK) (2004) $27.95 - Why some professional athletes tend to deliver in critical situations, while others are less dependable

War and competition among nations books

Top-rated books on Warfare Strategies

Victory: The Reagan Administration's Secret Strategy That Hastened the Collapse of the Soviet Union by Peter Schweizer; Atlantic Monthly Press (1996) $13.00 - President Ronald Reagan and his advisers mapped out a systematic strategy to hasten the demise of the Soviet Union by attacking its fundamental economic and political weaknesses

The Art of War by Sun Tzu; Running Press Book Publishers (2003) $4.95

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, Daniel Donno; Bantam Classics (1984) $4.50 - Classic on political and military strategies and competitions

Miscellaneous

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Competition topics

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Competition topics

Basics

• Motivations to Win a Competition

Types of competition

• Major Types of Competition
• -- Performance Competitions
• -- Head-to-Head Competitions
• -- Predatory Competitions

Between individuals

• Individual Competition
• -- Competing for a Job
• -- Competition in Political Campaigns
• -- Competing for Social Status
• -- Gambling
• -- Bullying

Between teams

• Using Art of War in Athletic Competitions
• Factors in Winning Basketball Games
• Gamesmanship in Tennis Match
• Strategy Used in Ali-Foreman Fight
• Dealing with Hustlers in a Competition

Between companies

• Business Competition
• -- Types of Business Competition
• -- Using Advertising for Advantage
• -- Using Location for Advantage
• -- Using TQM for Advantage

Conflict and war

• Fighting as a Form of Competition
• War as Competition
• "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu

Animals and plants

• Animals Compete for Food
• Competition Among Plants

Winning strategies

• Criteria for Winning
• Preparing to Win a Competition
• Role of Confidence
• Momentum in a Competition
• Disarming Your Opponent in a Competition
• Winning a Negotiation

Underhanded strategies

• Cheating in a Competition
• Dirty Playing in Competition
• Influencing the Judges to Win a Competition
• Examples of Unfair Tactics in Chess
• Defending Against a Dirty Player
• Poor Winner in a Competition

Also see

• Competition Survey Results
• Succeed in Sports
• Advance in Your Career
• Succeed in Business

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