About this episode

The episode discusses the dangers of being overly competitive in relationships and how to channel that drive positively.

"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second." — Bear Bryant If you are a naturally driven, high-capacity leader, you love to win. It’s the engine that scaled your business and built your career. But there is a massive line in the sand between being a high-performer and being an Uber Competitive Psycho who accidentally treats their teammate like the opponent. If you are constantly scorekeeping at home - even over the silly, mundane stuff - you are building a dangerous default programming that will stall your relationship the moment a real crisis hits. In this briefing, we are breaking open Part 4, Chapter 19: Don't Be an Uber Competitive Psycho. Craig takes the wheel to deliver the fourth official rule of an Unstoppable Team: Unstoppable teams practice how they play. We’re pulling back the curtain on our own hyper-competitive history - including our corporate health-and-safety office stair races and an infamous card-throwing incident - to show you how to channel your competitive drive without sabotaging your partnership. Inside this Strategic Briefing for High-Performance Couples: The "Megadeath" Card Meltdown: The raw, unfiltered story of an ongoing…

People in this episode

Hosts: Craig, Meredith

Topics covered

• competition
• relationships
• teamwork
• high-performance
• communication

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