Why Being Competitive Is Ugly #DailyWisdom

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

Sadhguru Official

Self-improvement, Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education, Science, Health & Fitness, Hinduism, How To, Religion, Religion & Spirituality, Life Sciences, Mental Health

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🗓️ 26 July 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Set the context for a joyful, exuberant day with a short, powerful message from Sadhguru. Explore a range of subjects with Sadhguru, discover how every aspect of life can be a stepping stone, and learn to make the most of the potential that a human being embodies. Conscious Planet: ⁠https://www.consciousplanet.org⁠ Sadhguru App (Download): ⁠https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app⁠ Official Sadhguru Website: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org⁠ Sadhguru Exclusive: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive⁠ Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've ruled out uni because I want to live at home.
0:02.0	I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money.
0:05.0	I've ruled out uni because of my grades.
0:10.0	Study with the Open University and there's no need to rule out anything.
0:13.0	With our respected degrees, you can learn from home and work alongside study.
0:17.0	We're open to all. Plus, you'll have the support of expert tutors. So rethink your
0:23.6	future with the degree you didn't think was possible. The Open University. The future is open. This life is unique by its own way.
0:49.3	You can't find one leaf exactly like the other.
0:53.3	Each one of them is unique. Where is the competition in this universe?
0:58.0	Everything is absolutely fantastic if it blossoms to its full possibility.
1:03.0	Don't worry about being better than somebody. That's competition. And that's ugly.
1:09.0	I want to be better than you means.
1:11.7	I want you always to be less than me.
1:14.6	This is sickness because you're enjoying other people's failures.
1:19.6	Your business is to find what is the best I can do with myself.
1:24.6	Am I better than this one or not is not the issue.
1:28.1	Not at all the issue.
1:29.3	You be full-fledged, full-on life.
1:34.1	It's incomparable, all right?

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