Everyone has someone to envy at !
Quite frequently I used to compare myself with others and think “I am not as good as X”. I used to think “I’ll be happy if I can perform like X”. But it looks like even if I reach the level of X, there will be another ‘X’ with whom I will be doing a similar comparison. And guess what? I’m not alone :-)
I was reading an article on Richard Borcherds, a field medalist. This is what he says:
“I wasn’t getting very far. Most of the time I was struggling to keep my job. I’d see other people my age, such as Simon Donaldson (1986 Fields Medallist), being considerably more successful, and I thought I’m obviously not all that good. There were times when I thought of dropping out.”
This shows one thing. No matter however great you are. You will always have someone you envy!
:-)
