"Life is one big status game" .. by default. It is important to remember that you choose which game to play (or not) and you choose how your goals. You want to

"Life is one big status game" .. by default. It is important to remember that you choose which game to play (or not) and you choose how your goals. You want to choose wisely, because this is a big part of your life! The status does not have to be zero-sum -- while a lot of "games" have clear winner/losers, not all do. You can have a "cacti growing club" where one member is proud of their prickliest cactus, while another is proud of their tallest cactus -- and both have high status, especially in their own eyes! (Or you can have a cactus club full of backstabbing and belittling... in this case you don't want to go there, find some other thing to be a part of).