> The most healthy approach is probably to compare yourself to yourself N years ago Absolutely. It wasn't him, but this is often attributed to Mark Twain: “W

> The most healthy approach is probably to compare yourself to yourself N years ago Absolutely. It wasn't him, but this is often attributed to Mark Twain: “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”