Chapter 034 - 2011.04.07

I thought there must be a way to add a little something -

• in the way of a group competition -

  • that would incentivize everyone to push a little harder -

    • no matter whether -

      • you were the top performer or -

        • last one in.

And kindness competitions grew out of this new pursuit.

The solution is fully baked -

• and can be accessed by anyone here -

  • Kindness Competitions

You and anyone else can use this tool to  -

• create your own different types of kindness competitions.

The solution creates two (2) or more teams -

• out of all the participants, but -

  • no one knows who is on what team.

This way everyone cheers on and helps everyone else.

There are no team captains -

• everyone is an equal -

  • the top performers are no more important -

    • than the bottom performers.

The solution trick -

• was to establish performance balance -

  • across each team -

    • with all participants.

But done after all performances are completed -

• instead of before.

This way the solution can find -

• the very best balancing  combinations.

What results is -

• every participant pushing a little bit harder -

  • to deliver slightly better personal results -

    • counts more equally.

So it does matter matter -

• if that improvement comes from -

  • the top or bottom participant.

It does not matter what the competition measures:

• time

• distance

• count

• accuracy

• etc.

• Many many different types of kindness competitions are possible.

What it cannot do is -

• individual performance type competitions -

  • where the objective is to establish a top performing individual participant.