> Okay, I'm literally terrified about not being in the top 1% or top 10% of everything I do. Scared. I don't believe you. No one is in the "top 1%" of everythi

> Okay, I'm literally terrified about not being in the top 1% or top 10% of everything I do. Scared. I don't believe you. No one is in the "top 1%" of everything you do. I don't say this to shame you, but to make you realize that you're already okay as you are, while not being the best. There's no way you're in the top 1% of management ability, technical knowledge, coworker relationships, parenting, exercise, finances, et cetera. On the few axes of life where I know for sure I am better than the next 99 people I meet, I have had to practice that thing so much that I have made more than one logical jump and ability jump that counts as a filter for the next 99. It won't be overnight that I fall out of the 1%. I suspect the same is true for anyone in any 1% of anything. Let go of your fears.