I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.
America may be the best country in the world, but that's kind of like being the valedictorian of summer school.
Well, I don't have much competition here." "You don't have much competition anywhere.
When you begin moving toward excellence, you will find very little competition. You're competing with only 20% of the population.
When you are only one vendor, there is a very low rate of innovation. You think the old architecture is just fine, and it can just happily exist for many years.
If you're the only hot dog stand in town, you're hot dogs don't have to be good.
For 40 hours a week competition is awfully stiff but after that there's very little competition .
if the exclusive privileges conferred upon the Louisiana corporation can be sustained, it is not perceived why exclusive privileges for the construction and keeping of ovens, machines, grindstones, wine-presses, and for all the numerous trades and pursuits for the prosecution of which buildings are required, may not be equally bestowed upon other corporations or private individuals, and for periods of indefinite duration.
to grant a state monopoly for maintaining slaughterhouses
Norway is a small environment. There are only three to four agents to deal with, just 15 other clubs, and that's it!