We are always competing in todays world. Be it with our friends or neighbors or colleagues or somebody else. 

We are very particular about the fact that we are doing the competition with others… 

We never think of competing with ourselves….!!

The best competitor is ourselves… 

When we compete with our old self and try to do something better, then only can we get better and gift ourselves a new ‘ Me’.

Why should we compete with ourselves?

We are all inclined to compete with others. We compare our lifestyle with others and then try to get a better lifestyle than others as if defeating them is our only way  of leading a successful life..

We forget to understand that one thing. Happiness is not achieved by competing with others and getting a better lifestyle, a better job, a better car, a better house…and everything better than others…!!

What is achievable by others may not be our cup of tea, and we might not like to achieve it if asked specifically. We only get into competition because the society will give us more credit. But is that so very important than our personal growth and self satisfaction??

When we compete with ourselves we are actually improving our grade and our capabilities. What we were previously, how we used to perform previously, we are competing with that and so its obvious we are going to improve if we get into the competition of improving ourselves..

Why do we compete with others?

Competing with others is something we do to satisfy our ego because that gives us a better position in the society from the point of view of others. We want to get high position in the society so we have to buy the best car, buy the best home and be the richest. We forget to see how much we have progressed in that process. Have we become more skilled? Have we become more informed and have we improved from what we were previously?

Only upliftment of our status  does not mean we have improved from our previous self.

Can competing with ourselves improve us?

Competing with ourselves is the best way of improving ourselves gradually. We have improved since what we were in our younger days. We want to improve more on our future but not on the parameters set by the society. We want to improve our own potential and capacity. We need to give us our best to improve ourselves. 

And this effort would definitely make us a better and skilled person in the future.

Is there any satisfaction with self competition?

There is no regrets in this competition. If you win , you are very satisfied. And even if you don't pass in the competition you have nothing to loose from others. You don't have the feeling of a looser because you are not competing with anyone.

Why its so hard to do self competition?

This is because there is no one to give you a status or a symbolic reward. If you compete with others then the society will come and praise you. They would even criticize you in your defeat. But its very symbolic.

 But in self competition, you are your judge, so it becomes difficult to measure our results. But the results are  much better than competing with others….

That's for sure…!!!