Competitive Edge?

In a turbo-competitive society everyone is looking for an edge in order to get ahead of the next guy. But what are the costs of such edge-seeking? Contentment. And contentment, what some psychologists refer to as satisficing, makes for a happier life. I'm a proponent of competition as I believe that is one aspect of a healthy life, but when you cross the edge between competition and obsession with getting ahead, you trade success for happiness. That is your choice.

From Wikipedia - Satisficing is a decision-making strategy which attempts to meet criteria for adequacy, rather than to identify an optimal solution. A satisficing strategy may often, in fact, be (near) optimal if the costs of the decision-making process itself, such as the cost of obtaining complete information, are considered in the outcome calculus.