Growing up in England, Pico Iyer was taught that the point of a game was to win. Now, some 50 years later, he's realized that competition can be "more like an act of love." In this charming, subtly profound talk, he explores what regular games of ping-pong in his neighborhood in Japan have revealed about the riddle of winning -- and shows why not knowing who's won can feel like the ultimate victory.
And see Iyer's essay The Beauty of the Ordinary...
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ReplyDeleteI agree that its sometimes best to not have a direct winner but it also makes people more sensitive when people do actually win or lose in activities.
We used to play ping pong in choir to strengthen friendships
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Very interesting perspective on competition. It seems that winning isn't the only benefit of being competitive.
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