These people that you're comparing yourself to, you don't really know very well.

What that means is that you see their shiny outside, but you don't see the reality of their

life.

There's always people out there who are doing far better than you on pretty much anything

you want to imagine.

And if all you're doing is seeing yourself in their reflected light, let's say, then

it's going to be pretty damn dismal.

But it's not a good comparison because, well, first of all, there's danger in just comparing

yourself to others' period because they're not you and God only knows what struggles they

had to undertake to get to where they were or what burdens they're currently carrying

that you're not aware of.

But you can certainly contrast yourself with yourself, and that's a lot better.

It is the only way.

Well, it's also the only way of really measuring anything, approximating proper improvement.

You can actually tell when you're a little better than you were yesterday.

And you can actually do that.

It's another thing that's so interesting about it is that you can actually make yourself

a little better in some way, pretty much, well, I don't know if it's at every moment,

but you can certainly do it every day.

Be careful who you share good news with because you want to share good news with people

who are going to be genuinely happy for you and be careful who you share bad news with

because that's equally tricky.

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