Michael: what you wrote is what my dad told me: “Be your own competition and challenge” but it can also be helpful to be challenged by others and by their questions. But…Sometimes, there is no one to challenge you, that is when you challenge yourself. I concur: healthy not nasty ‘competition’

Like Andrew said, some people are born for different races. It’s a rough road for those who don’t know that they have been training for the wrong race… and when they reach the starting bracket of the right one, who is there to see the end of the marathon?

What DO you do about those who continue to try harder, but never surpass the other sprinters? Tell them that they aren’t trying? Tell them to run faster? Let them run the marathon. Don’t expect to see the finish. Put them on the right road and just let them go.

you can start by judging your progress in comparison with your self rather than the progress of others in your class.

being willing/dedicated/hard working often equals an open-ness towards self improvement, and that is what gets you farther than anything else.

our classmates and instructors are here to push us to be better… not to be better than them.

Yes, the sprinter can become dedicated with hardwork to try to accomplish what the marathon runner has done, but the natural marathon runner just needs a small amount of hard work to continue to outpace the wannabe sprinter runner. vice versa

I remember Jack telling us how he can’t deal with a student telling him that their teachings failed them in the real world. I’m just talking from a physical training perspective and experience, but how does an academic professor in school deal with those who continue hard to try, harder than anyone, but will not surpass much? the average/the hobbyist

how unstandard of you