Comparison Kills

We need to refine and constantly monitor our ingrained habits to compete, compare, and contrast so that it helps us improve.

Humans are born to be competitive.

So much so that we spend a lot of our childhood trying to control our competitive impulses.

We have to learn to share, be gracious in defeat, and humble in victory. More importantly, we’re taught the value of comparison.

When I utilize the art of comparison correctly, I can look at Alex Honnold, one of the world’s best free climbers, and see myself. He’s human, after all. And even though he’s accomplished bouldering feats that seem planets beyond my ability, he still did them one handhold at a time.

There’s promise in that.

A promise that says if one human can, there’s a chance that, with the same level of commitment, I can too. And if for some reason, I can’t accomplish what he did, I can still aim at something greater.