One of the most significant mistakes humans make is comparison the measuring of oneself against the standards, work, or accomplishments of another. This exercise is fruitless, demeaning, and personally tragic because it places our true potential at the mercy others, giving them the right to determine and define our success.
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When i was a cab driver, i was in a position of great success and achievement if i compared myself to the drivers i over took. Yet, even though i was dealing all the others, i was still not operating at my car's full potential. The car's true capacity was 180 mph, and i was traveling at 115mph. When i compared my car's performance to all the others, I was leading the pack; i could have been considered a success in thier eyes because i was traveling faster than all of them. When I compared my car's performance to its true capacity, however, I was not truly successful because i was traveling below the maximum speed built into the car by the manufacturer.
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The lesson here is that true success is not measured by how much you have done or accomplished compared to what others have done or accomplished; true success is what you have done compared to what you could have done. In other words, living to the maximum is competing with yourself. It's living up to your own true standards and capabilities. Success is satisfying your own personal passion and purpose in pursuit of personal excellence. In fact, you must always remember to perform for an audience of one, the Lord your creator.
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@gossipmillTrue success is what you have done compared to what you could have done
