What helped me a lot is realizing that there will always be people who are better than you. It does not matter how much time, energy, and effort you put into so

What helped me a lot is realizing that there will always be people who are better than you. It does not matter how much time, energy, and effort you put into something, the chances of achieving your dream job, become the best in sports, earn tons of money, become fluent in all languages, are very slim. There will always be people who are better than you, and comparing yourself with those people will make you feel "mediocre" automatically. So stop comparing yourself with others, it doesn't matter. Don't compare your current job with other jobs you could have, don't compare your salary with salaries you could have, don't compare your current girlfriend with girlfriends you could have. There will always be people better, smarter, richer, more charismatic or more lucky than you. And remember, most people are average by definition. Instead, compare yourself to whom you were last year. Did you become better, wiser, more happy than you were before? If yes, you succeeded in life. You did not fail. If not, fix it. And very likely you can fix this by putting your expectations lower, because you aimed too high. But please, stop comparing yourself with others. It doesn't matter.