Most of us would like to be on top, will do everything to get out of the bottom. Being number 1 is the locus of our system, for business, for career, for studies, for relationships, for family, everything. I mean, billions of people in the world are striving to be the best and be the number one without realizing that it's like YOU vs. the WORLD. That would be real tough to prove your worth to everyone, right?
I've read a small yet powerful book of Mitch Albom, "Tuesdays With Morrie". Morrie Schwartz said, unconsciously, all of us would like to be recognized on all the things that we do and that's not a crime. But most of the time, we tend to focus on reaching the top without appreciating what we have accomplished so far. There's this part of the book where Morrie and his student Mitch were at the gym, there was a cheerleading group practicing and doing their stunts and chants. Morrie noticed something in their chant, they kept on saying "we're number 1" annoyingly. So what Morrie did, he stood up and shouted, "what's wrong with being number 2 ?!!"
Yeah, there's really nothing wrong with being number 2, in fact, it's already an achievement being the second best. That line shook me up from head to toe. I've never been the best on everything, the truth is, I even consider myself as a mediocre creature. But that line made me feel better and realized that there's really nothing wrong being me, being number 2.
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