“When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.”- Analects of Confucius
Comparison is about finding similarities and differences between one’s own self and others or between other people and another person. God created all of us unique. Yes we have similarities with other people but we are unique in the sense that no one in this world is as precise and the same as our self. There will only be one Kristoffer Lorenz Basbaño in this world. In comparing one’s self to another, there will always be differences be it slight or great. We have similarities with other people and we also have differences with them. Our personality, character, skills and talents make us who we are. We cannot deny the fact that there are areas that we are good and expert at while there areas that we are not that good. All of us have our own forte. It is where we are good at.
We humans have the tendency to compare our self to others. The effect of comparing our self to others can either be positive and negative. In comparing our self to those who are better than us (in any field or personhood in general), the effect of comparison is positive if we dream to reach what the other person reached (successful people in any field) or dream of being better than them and put these dreams of ours into actions. The good side of comparison is that it makes us courageous towards our dreams. It can even push us to our limits for us to reach our dreams. Look at the successful people. For sure, they started from comparing their self to those successful people and dreamt of becoming like them. They did not remain in dreaming. They actualized their dream by striving hard to achieve them, passing all the hardships they experienced and standing again every time they fall. On the other hand, the effects of comparing our self to others can also be negative. Given the situation that there are times that we idolized someone for being expert in their field and that expertise of them made us stop from achieving what they want that is to be expert in the same field. It is maybe because of the big difference we can see in comparing our self to those who are expert than us. Of course there will be a lot of difference in comparing our self to those who are experts in a particular field. They are already experts and they have more experiences. In order not to encounter this, we must not compare our self to others especially those who are better. As a suggestion, we must compare our self to our previous self. In this way, we will just strive to be better and better (self or in our fields of interest), or to be a progressive person.
To compare our self to others is our natural tendency as humans. Its effects can either be positive or negative depending if we take the effects of comparison as an inspiration and courage for us or opposite. There are also times that we compare our self to those not good as our self. Confucius suggested to look within and examine our self. If we follow him, maybe we will realize that we came from not being good to so great and we can also realize that we are better than others but there are also others who are better than us. In my analysis, whatever we reach in life, we must remain humble however great we are. We must always consider the fact that if we are better than others in our field, there are those who are better than us. Others whom not as good as our self (in our own field) can be great compared to us in their own field/s of interest. Relating this to our totality as a person, we have character/attitudes that are better than the others while others have character/attitudes better than us. The point is that we must remain humble wherever we are in our field and however great we are.
The effect of comparison can either be positive and negative. Its effect is positive if it encourages us to improve and become better while its effect is negative if it stops as to persevere and become better. As my suggestion, we must not compare our self to other persons instead we must compare our self to our previous self. In that way, we will be encouraged to strive and become better and better far from our old self. If we become better than our old self and become expert in our own fields of interest, we must always remain humble. Humility is important for us in order for us to go down to the level of other people not as good as our self. We must also remember that we came from “not so good” to becoming “great.”
Comparison is about finding similarities and differences between one’s own self and others or between other people and another person. God created all of us unique. Yes we have similarities with other people but we are unique in the sense that no one in this world is as precise and the same as our self. There will only be one Kristoffer Lorenz Basbaño in this world. In comparing one’s self to another, there will always be differences be it slight or great. We have similarities with other people and we also have differences with them. Our personality, character, skills and talents make us who we are. We cannot deny the fact that there are areas that we are good and expert at while there areas that we are not that good. All of us have our own forte. It is where we are good at.
We humans have the tendency to compare our self to others. The effect of comparing our self to others can either be positive and negative. In comparing our self to those who are better than us (in any field or personhood in general), the effect of comparison is positive if we dream to reach what the other person reached (successful people in any field) or dream of being better than them and put these dreams of ours into actions. The good side of comparison is that it makes us courageous towards our dreams. It can even push us to our limits for us to reach our dreams. Look at the successful people. For sure, they started from comparing their self to those successful people and dreamt of becoming like them. They did not remain in dreaming. They actualized their dream by striving hard to achieve them, passing all the hardships they experienced and standing again every time they fall. On the other hand, the effects of comparing our self to others can also be negative. Given the situation that there are times that we idolized someone for being expert in their field and that expertise of them made us stop from achieving what they want that is to be expert in the same field. It is maybe because of the big difference we can see in comparing our self to those who are expert than us. Of course there will be a lot of difference in comparing our self to those who are experts in a particular field. They are already experts and they have more experiences. In order not to encounter this, we must not compare our self to others especially those who are better. As a suggestion, we must compare our self to our previous self. In this way, we will just strive to be better and better (self or in our fields of interest), or to be a progressive person.
To compare our self to others is our natural tendency as humans. Its effects can either be positive or negative depending if we take the effects of comparison as an inspiration and courage for us or opposite. There are also times that we compare our self to those not good as our self. Confucius suggested to look within and examine our self. If we follow him, maybe we will realize that we came from not being good to so great and we can also realize that we are better than others but there are also others who are better than us. In my analysis, whatever we reach in life, we must remain humble however great we are. We must always consider the fact that if we are better than others in our field, there are those who are better than us. Others whom not as good as our self (in our own field) can be great compared to us in their own field/s of interest. Relating this to our totality as a person, we have character/attitudes that are better than the others while others have character/attitudes better than us. The point is that we must remain humble wherever we are in our field and however great we are.
The effect of comparison can either be positive and negative. Its effect is positive if it encourages us to improve and become better while its effect is negative if it stops as to persevere and become better. As my suggestion, we must not compare our self to other persons instead we must compare our self to our previous self. In that way, we will be encouraged to strive and become better and better far from our old self. If we become better than our old self and become expert in our own fields of interest, we must always remain humble. Humility is important for us in order for us to go down to the level of other people not as good as our self. We must also remember that we came from “not so good” to becoming “great.”
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