Why comparing yourself to your local community is more beneficial than comparing yourself to the internet community

ZachMeadows · 2019-03-29T09:54:37+00:00

I'll pick my guitar up now, thanks Internet Guy.

Jokes aside, it is important to put things in perspective all the time. Are you the best software programmer in the world ? The best burger flipper ? Probably not.

Are you in your IT company though ? In your restaurant ?

There's no point in wanting to climb the moutain if you cannot swim across the river at the bottom.

Know where you want to get, but be very aware of where you are now, and act accordingly.

FereallyRed · 2019-03-29T11:09:08+00:00

So your point is put on the blinders and forget you're a big fish in a little pond?

Seems myopic.

INNASKILLZ2K18 · 2019-03-29T10:21:22+00:00

Why do you want to compare yourself to others, in the first place? That's just unhealthy right there.

Anyway, aren't we in the age where we are all equal and there are no winners or losers? It doesn't matter if you're top 000.2% or bottom 90%, we all get a trophy for trying, don't we? That's what my future unicorn thinks, anyway.

MirrorThaoss · 2019-03-29T10:51:10+00:00

You're wrong. Here's why.
A global-oriented world always focused on superlative people, and the Internet puts those people right up against your eyeballs 24/7.

You might be the best, say, cello player in your town, but everyone has seen Yo Yo Ma on YouTube, so they don't care about you, they're just going to remember it was better on YouTube. (Also, if you don't lift, I'm going to fuck your girl and break your cello.)

We base our aspirations for athletics on the Olympics. We base our aspirations for programming on Bill Gates, and our aspirations for business on Elon Musk.

The reason everyone is so depressed now is because their standards have been reframed to global perspective through the Internet. And that is not going away.

krowitz · 2019-03-29T11:04:42+00:00

In my experience, this is incorrect.

Whenever I perceive that I am the best, wherever I am (i.e. work, town, classes, training, gym) I always have the urge to move. If I compare myself to my local community and I'm the best, if I do not move, I will stagnate. Stagnation = Death.

But really, why compare yourself to others in the first place? You never get demoralized from outside perception. You just do you, and be someone you would be proud of.

rpsheepdog · 2019-03-29T12:25:35+00:00

This is a good strategy for somebody who is having major self esteem issues I think. Probably good in developing an "I am the prize" mentality for folks in a small pool.

This strategy is limited in the fact that while you might be better than Jim at playing violin, Jim is probably better at building benches or chairs at his house, so now you are at a zero-sum game.

Not saying this tactic is useless, but I also think it's limited in it's use.

uwey · 2019-03-29T14:34:50+00:00

I give you best analytics here.

You rather be a mob boss in your gang, versus be a nobody under Capone.

That rule never change, be the head of a chicken is better a ass of a cow.

Bigger don’t make it better.

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Title	Why comparing yourself to your local community is more beneficial than comparing yourself to the internet community
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Date	March 29, 2019 9:47 AM UTC (7 years ago)
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