One critical thing is to make sure you are comparing yourself to an actual, achievable potential; not an impossible fantasy. As the proverb went, It's bad enou

One critical thing is to make sure you are comparing yourself to an actual, achievable potential; not an impossible fantasy. As the proverb went, It's bad enough comparing yourself to Isaac Newton without comparing yourself to Kimball Kinnison. Eliezar Yudkowsky, http://lesswrong.com/lw/y7/the_super_happy_people_38/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/y7/the_super_happy_people_38/