Run your own race

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." - Vince Lombardi

It's an easy and self-defeating trap to compare ourselves with others - usually those we perceive to have "done better" on whatever measure is chosen.

We don't know how hard they worked and what they gave up to get where they are - and if we knew, would we have wanted it that much?

There will always be others who appear to be ahead of you. We forget that there are always others to whom YOU are that person ahead.

"Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best." - Henry Van Dyck