tokens: Competition or co-operation-which is better The modern society is full of cut-throat competition . Some people think that inculcating co-operative approach in a child is essential while some think that competing is the best way to succeed . However, co-operative approach always helps a child to become a responsible adult with good moral values and a friendly social circle . Co-operation is essential for teamwork . Educational systems emphasize on encouraging co-operative approach in children . We live in a social setup and mutual help and sharing only leads to success . A person can not learn or achieve everything by oneself . For instance, lions hunt in a team . It is only due to their teamwork that they are able to catch a prey and make task easy . In the same way, co-operative approach will save time, energy and will have a higher success rate . Nevertheless, co-operation helps to understand other's perspective and learn by their mistakes . It helps to identify one's strengths and weaknesses as compared to others . A co-operative approach can create inspirational and motivational feeling seeing other people's achievements . However, competition is also as important as co-operation . Unfortunately, the meaning of competiton has been modified in a wrong direction . An individual must compete with oneself only, instead of trying to beat others . Competition has helped the development of science and technology . Competition helps in improvement and evolution . For example, every other day, new cars are developed by companies which are more efficient than others . This kind of competition gives customers more options . However, blind and selfish competition is detrimental . 'Your loss, my gain' kind of competition can never be fruitful in the long run . Competition should be always based on self-improvement rule . A healthy competition which involves raising one's own level above others is the best approach . Thus, competition and co-operation go hand in hand . These are two sides of the same coin which can't be separated . I firmly believe that children should be taught co-operation complimented with a healthy competition . They must be made aware of the demerits of selfish competition . When co-operation and healthy competition is followed together, success, achievements, recognition and any goal becomes easier .