It can be extremely easy for you to compare your work with other people’s work. When you start to compete with others, you’ll continue to judge your own life and your true self values that you do not strive for. Even if you deem yourself to be more successful under their values, you’ll only be completing something important to them and not to you.

Life can be a competition, but the race that you face doesn’t have to be against anybody else. A better way to refocus your efforts and harness competition is to look in the mirror and learn how to compete with yourself.

Here are some of the benefits of refocusing your spirit of competition so that you only see yourself as a competitor:

Appreciating the work of others:

Appreciating the work that someone has done or the success they have can often be shrouded with envy when you judge yourself against somebody. When you are competing with others, you will stop appreciating their work, and it will be difficult for you to recognize and appreciate their efforts.

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