Competitiveness is really what it costs you per man-hour to get you what you want. In other words there's an education level that plays into the mix and so if it's inexpensive to buy an hour of real good education in places like China versus the U.S. that factors in.
It's a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this something will change what will change is that you will change your life will change and if you can change you you can perhaps change the world.