Theodore Roosevelt is famously quoted saying, “Comparison is the theft of joy.” What Roosevelt means by this, if we were to dissect it and give it greater meaning, is that one’s journey is that of the individual. Your life is yours to live and no one else’s. Your achievements, and the pace at which you reach them, is unique to you. If those around you are improving faster than you, don’t come to the conclusion that something is wrong with you. Nothing is wrong with you; you aren’t at fault. Focus on yourself and your own abilities. Everyone is different for a reason, and even if it takes you three years to get good at something that a friend of yours mastered in two, who cares? At the end of the day, you will get there as long as you practice and as long as you have the drive.
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