When you think about it, competing is not always such a great thing. It means running along the same well-beaten track as everyone else, comparing yourself to everyone else, and only winning if you’ve beaten everyone else.
To excel is an entirely different concept. When you give your best effort because it matters to you personally, when you emphasize your strengths and manage your weaknesses, when you are focused on your own accomplishments without being conscious of anyone else’s failures, then you have truly excelled. Figure out what you need to do, do your best and don’t worry about what the other guy might be doing.
“If you spend more time asking appropriate questions rather than giving answers or opinions, your listening skills will increase.” –Brian Koslow
“I never want to be anything more than I am.” –Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong
“We are all of us richer than we think we are.” –Michel de Montaigne
Develop a decision-making style that suits you:
“Once the ‘what’ is decided, the ‘how’ always follows. We must not make the ‘how’ an excuse for not facing and accepting the ‘what.’” –Pearl Buck
“Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it.” –Pat Riley
“Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.” –Pythagoras
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