Well, I’m one of the people who believe in this, because, often in our lives, we so wish for what others have that we forget to appreciate what we have.
Don’t get me wrong, competition and being inspired by others is good, but to a certain extent.
The nice thing about looking at your own life and competing with yourself, or just being motivated by others, is that you will see where you are, how you need to make strides to grow and what your strengths and weaknesses are.
The minute, however, that you start measuring what you do or don’t have in your own life, against other people’s success, you might find yourself in trouble.
Chances are, you may start focusing so much on what’s happening in their lives and their successes, that you may forget your own achievements and where you are heading.
You may even end up bitter, frustrated, angry or resenting those people, because they are putting in the work to make their dreams a reality, while you’re neglecting yours.
I’ve always been told: you don’t know what someone else has gone through or is going through to get to what you are so envious of, and this is true.
It is easy to wish to have the lifestyle or achievements of others, but if the tables were turned and you really knew the truth about what the people you envy so much are really going through, maybe you would no longer want it.
So just focus on your own lane and run your own race.
Imagine what would happen if you were at a stadium, in a race, the gun went off and, as you started running, instead of pacing yourself and focusing on how you were going to win, you kept looking to the side, at how others were running?
I think you would probably lose focus of the action plan you had devised as a means of beating the opposition.
This shows just how imperative it is to stop worrying about other people and to just look at where you are and wish to be.
And, even if, after you have worked harder than the next person, you don’t get what you want, carry on, as we don’t all have the same goals in life, don’t see importance in the same things and won’t reach our dreams all at once.
So, just keep focused on your own lane and keep pushing until something positive happens.
