Comparing yourself to others
Plan to outdo your past, not other people.
Yes, it’s a mistake. We all do it. Forgive yourself — but discover who you are, and don’t apologize for it.
“You need to ignore what everyone else is doing and achieving. Your life is about breaking your own limits and outgrowing yourself to live your best life. You are not in competition with anyone else. Plan to outdo your past, not other people.”
“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
“Don’t be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn’t do what you do, or think as you think. There was a time when you didn’t know what you know today.”
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
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