Would like to write a blog on the psychology of competition after a few years , as internal competition and Wordly success are often considered to be mutually exclusive, which I believe negatively impacts the quality of education received by each child.
I'm not making an argument against "the rat race" , I'm making an argument for how people from an early age are taught to win it.
Once you recognize that your internal growth can literally drive the competition of whatever you are pursuing in the world (if you're in the right market/niche to start with) , it'll be hard not to priortize being consistent daily over anything else
Kids are taught from an early age to think about the outcome. That's important , but the moment you prioritize the outcome over the internal growth that is necessary to obtain it is when you tell yourself that you are less capable. Can't really perform at your best with that kind of mentality . And then same kids receive criticism from parents,coaches, teachers, etc when they don't win certain games or get certain jobs...hmm..I wonder why that is? Lmao.
I have never told myself that I am less capable of doing anything. I have had couches tell me I could not do something, but that just pissed me off to the point of proving them wrong. My only parent (mother) was generally very encouraging with exception of me wanting to study martial arts as one of my obsessions from age 8 to infinity; she told me that it would make my “circle” too small. That pissed me off to the point I proved her wrong. Met so many good people of all walks of life in my martial arts circles (drs, lawyers, rich, poor, famous, infamous, righteous and assholes). It even taught me the discipline to get accepted into a professional school with an average GPA of 2.5 when all the other students were averaging 3.8. My desire to make it when others told me I couldn’t is what got me where I am. School counselors told me that I would NEVER make a Doctor of anything. Pissed me off so I proved them wrong. The most influential people in my life were my martial arts instructors and my Chines College Chemistry instructor who barely spoke English; He was probably the most influential in my decision to Pursue my career path. I received C’s in both his Organic Chemistry classes and yet he told me that I probably received Cs because HE was hard for me to understand. The bottom line to my current rant is that YOU and ONLY YOU can get what you want out of life. Do not listen to the negative. Listen to the positive while turning all the negative 180 degrees. Just do it!