Do you think the #1 pole vaulter in the world even knows who the #1 juggler in the world is?
Does the highest paid cricket player in the world have any idea how much the highest paid toothpaste ad man makes?
Does the world’s most renowned microbiologist have an inkling of who the world’s most renowned sous-chef is?
The answer to all of these questions (I’m 99.9% sure, can’t be 100% because the cricket player and toothpaste guy could be neighbors, you never know) is NO WAY!
The point is, if we scratch and claw to become the best in order to compare ourselves to others, the amount of people we can even compare ourselves to is minuscule when we think of the world as a whole.
We should all strive to be the best we can be at whatever we choose to do (and that doesn’t have to mean a job, or a sport, we can be the best dad/husband/wife/son/friend that WE can be).
But we should NEVER try to be the best in comparison to anyone else.
Because the fact of the matter is, we can never be the best anything besides our best selves!
Happy Tuesday!
-Dr Lindeman
Dissemination of Inspiration 