6.Use others success to motivate you: Seeing someone else succeeding at a higher level or producing work of greater quality doesn't have to lead to envy or jealousy. It can inspire you to grow, to explore, to learn more, to try harder. This is positive competition in action. Sometimes we're inspired and motivated out of fear we may lose our job or the account. And sometimes we're inspired and motivated because we admire quality and the rewards of success and want to produce quality results as well.