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And now, your host, eight times best-selling author and double world record holder, Rob Moore. Hi, it's Rob Moore him.

I think it's fair to say I was much more aggressive

and way more defensive about my competitors

in the early years of running my business.

And I guess I just didn't have the experience and wisdom to see that you could collaborate

rather than compete, that you could share resources, joint venture, maybe business that you

couldn't or didn't want to do, you could pass to your competitors

and vice versa, you could exchange staff members, etc.

And I know I see it sounds kind of weird to say that with your and for your competitors but bear with me

because I've got at least nine or ten things I think you could maybe do and see

better in regards to your competition. So the first thing is I think it's fair to say messy

wouldn't be as good as messy is were it not for Ronaldo being as good as

Ronaldo is. And if you look at some of the best fighters in the world you know if you look at

remember when Chris Eubank and Nigel Ben were head to head and if you look at

any rivalries over the years in the sport or the business that you've been most interested in

when you've had those rivalries and those fierce competitors most of them have said

at the end of their career that they're competitor, of course they had a love hate relationship

with, ended up taking them to new heights and making them better.

So if you have a view that your competitor can motivate you and focus you and keep you getting

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