Does competition change your enjoyment of what you are doing?

Some people like competition. Why? Some people don’t like it. Again, why?

Does it have an impact on your enjoyment of certain activities? What would like be like if there were less competition? How would that change our behavior?

Stories about your relationship to competition—times when you’ve enjoyed it and times when you think you might be willing to gnaw off your foot if it would enable you to get away—would be very helpful in understanding your take on this.