I do not entirely agree with those philosophies. I firmly believe that we need balance over and above everything. Too much 'soul' and we are not in balance. That can be material gain as much as spiritual gain. We simply need to look to our motivations to keep things even.
Healthy competitiveness is a normal urge in the human psyche.
Avoiding using the 'burning desire' to achieve will frustrate Mars and make it manifest in negative ways. If we are using the drive in the right way, in the right context, then we simply will not have time to get frustrated because we will be achieving of desires. When we are frustrated in life we become angry with ourselves because some part of our desire, some part of our drive, some part of our consciousness and life experience is unfulfilled. In other words, we get a build up of heat and energy and have no useful way to express it. Mars does not make value judgements - it simply is.