Conquer the Desire
January 8, 2024•212 words
This thought won’t apply to everyone. Just people who want to be happy.
And the thought is to overcome the desire to be #1 at anything.
I am not encouraging mediocrity or even discouraging competition.
But there are some people for whom the demon of being #1 stalks their every move. For them, there is no peace. There is no satisfaction.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad these people exist. You know them. You work with some of them. You went to school with some of them. And some of them are famous like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Micheal Jordan.
These people redefine what is possible in their fields. They inspire us. They move us forward.
The problem is, being #1 in any field is, by definition, reserved for just 1 person.
Which means that everyone else in that field cannot be #1. That might be millions or even billions of people.
If you hang your self-worth on being #1, and you’re not, you will never have peace.
A better path is to be your best. Forge your own path. Develop your own style.
And do that by comparing yourself to yourself.
Not in some new-age love-yourself-no-matter-what way.
But in a try-your-hardest way then have peace knowing you did your best way.