Being more competitive would probably be healthy for me, but alas that's not a particular trait I have. I don't necessarily have to have attention or the highest pay or be the "winner", so long as I believe what I am doing to be the right thing or it is rewarding or fun in some way, then whatever comes of it is enough. Obviously I am not going to turn down a success of some kind, but that is not my initial motivation. I'm simpler than that.