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From How to Win Friends & Influence People, via kottke:

"The way to get things done," says Schwab, "is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel."

Ah, yes - the sordid, money-getting way. That competition, or, better, a desire to excel at one's work might be exercised and achieved BUT not for gain ...