“You should only compete with yourself.”

This is an outrageous piece of advice reserved for only two types of people: The ones who have destroyed their competition to the point that they have ONLY themselves to compete with, and the ones who have so little ability that they simply cannot compete with anyone else.

Your personal best, unfortunately, really doesn?t mean all that much in the world. No one cares that you tried your best, they only care if you ARE the best. The only way to be the best? Beat the current champion to a bloody pulp and keep yourself at the top. Then you can compete with yourself all you want.

Can you imagine if Rocky only worked to beat his own personal best? Or if Olympic athletes worked hard to only beat their own records? Or if basketball teams only cared to have 1 point more than their previous games, even if the team they?re playing against has much more?
It?s just as ludicrous when you say it to yourself.

It?s a competitive world out there, you?re either playing for the gold or you?re not in the news. Here?s the hard truth: anyone reading this blog can come in last place, but there?s only one spot to stand on when they?re handing out the medals.

So what?s it going to be?