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>2. Don't compare yourself to others, only yourself. Can "stealing"/learning from other people be considered as a "comparing" to them? Because before you appl
by tester756 5y ago
>2. Don't compare yourself to others, only yourself.
Can "stealing"/learning from other people be considered as a "comparing" to them?
Because before you apply their approach, then you have to
a) find that they're doing it
b) realize that you aren't
Thus you kinda indirectly compared yourself to them
- rowanG077 5y agoNo? I'm not sure what drove you towards that question. Stealing and comparing are unrelated I'd say.
- tester756 5y agoI reworded it, should be better now
- teaearlgraycold 5y agoI also like to use “stealing” to describe learning. Sometimes it just feels like too good of a deal.
- gffrd 5y agoI read the OP's "compare" as the judgement-filled comparison, where one measures their self-worth based on where others are at relative to themselves / relies on external yardsticks for definition of identity. The compare you're talking about—seeking excellent people (internally defined) and wanting to learn from them (without judgement)—is an extremely important thing.
- bena 5y agoI think it's more along the lines of material goods or things like "success" or what have you. It's an adage that's been repeated over and over in many ways: "Comparison is the thief of joy". For some people, it's not enough that they have something good, they must have something better than someone else. "What good is my iPhone 12 if you have an iPhone 13? Why don't I have an iPhone 13?" And so on. But. Last year, they didn't even have a phone. So they're better off, yeah?