It's not a feeling I share - I've got my puzzles and I don't much care how others are doing career wise. However, when I want to immitate someone for some reaso

It's not a feeling I share - I've got my puzzles and I don't much care how others are doing career wise. However, when I want to immitate someone for some reason, I try to find out what the difference is between what they've done and what I've done, and where they were when they were in my sort of position and where I am. If they've got some specific break in life, that I haven't, then how did they get it? What sort of relationships did they develop; what sort of challenges did they take on? There will be a way they have done it, and – lucky me – I happen to know them and can ask. Which is far better than them being some random person who I don't know and can't ask.