Roark from Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead: “I don’t make comparisons. I never think of myself in relation to anyone else. I just refuse to measure myself as part of anything. I’m an utter egotist.”
No space to go into what an “egotist” is. Point is: quit comparing yourself to others. Period.
As Emerson says, “Envy is ignorance. Imitation is suicide.” (Re-read those. Take them literally.) To envy is to be ignorant of the divinity you are. To imitate is to miss that divinity seeking it’s unique expression through you.
Don’t compare. Unless you follow Faulkner’s advice: “Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
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