I agree, people are likely to filter their actual motivations through a number of filters, and I suspect the majority would see admitting to a level of competitiveness as not fitting in with how they would wish to be perceived.
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I agree, people are likely to filter their actual motivations through a number of filters, and I suspect the majority would see admitting to a level of competitiveness as not fitting in with how they would wish to be perceived.