If you compare yourself to others, you often feel small and inadequate.

It’s an exercise that usually involves comparing one’s own weaknesses to other people’s strengths. You attribute their success to some kind of inherent superiority, instead of considering the context and factors that may have worked in their favor.

People with the greatest mental strength make comparisons only with who they were yesterday. Instead of focusing on whether they measure up to someone else in one way or another, they ask themselves if they are becoming a better version of themselves.