Non-Stop Comparison

There is non-stop comparison every where around us.

Companies compare themselves to other companies and try to stay ahead in the market.  That is good for healthy competition and it all part of the game.  But don't consider them as industry standards.  It is not good.

I even don't like direct comparison between individuals.  Each and every individual is different.  Throughout my childhood my academic performance was compared to a family friend's performance.  When I look back and see our lives on each front, it is beyond comparison.

I have realized that comparing ourselves to others is almost like hitting ourselves.  To me it appears that comparing ourselves to others or some existing standards is almost like misleading ourselves in the wrong direction.

The only valid or legitimate comparison that should be done is against ourselves.  Setting our own standards and beating them again and again will take us far ahead then comparing to others.

Life does not comprise of small races, life is like a marathon race.  If Apple Inc. would have compared themselves to Microsoft (when Microsoft was ahead of Apple) and if they would have set them as standards then they would not have invented great products.  Today Apple is the largest technology company in the world.

I hope that our future generations will get rid of this notion of comparision.

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