Comments on: Your Own Amazing Race

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Trackback from Project New You — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:07:51 +0000

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By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:59:16 +0000

Completely agree that comparison kills. But I think for most people it’s really hard to do truly original things–either it’s too challenging to think up something original, or it’s too difficult to break away from the herd. That’s why so many members of the human race fall back into the default mode of comparing themselves to the people around them.

By: priyanka

priyanka — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:16:27 +0000

This is so true ! One should set his own standards and live up to them. Nice post.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:45:49 +0000

By doing this, it’s also a lot easier to win the race because you’ll greatly reduce your competition.

p.s. Hat tip for the response to Dixon.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:28:11 +0000

Rich, I never said anything about cheating, but when you talk about rules you also have to talk about who sets them.

By: Rich Dixon

Rich Dixon — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:28:10 +0000

Really? Cheating is okay because the other guys do it?

That’s disappointing. Sorry, but that’s not nonconformity–it’s dishonesty.

If the airlines cheat–bad on them. You’re not REQUIRED to use them, are you? Your choice to travel by plane isn’t on the “human survival needs” list. They sell, you buy.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:15:16 +0000

To each his own, but if the rules don’t make sense or are set up by gatekeepers for no good reason, I don’t object to breaking them. In the case of airlines, they do plenty of cheating on behalf of themselves. If someone gets something past them once in a while, I say good for them.

By: Rich Dixon

Rich Dixon — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:15:15 +0000

My guess is that a lot of folks would mis-interpret “making up your own rules.” That’s a totally different approach than “breaking the rules.”

If you’re choosing to play someone else’s game, you ought to follow the rules. Any other approach is simply cheating. Example–you want to fly an airline, you pay. It’s okay to know the system and use it to your advantage, but it’s not okay to sneak aboard. One is smart, the other’s dishonest.

That’s why it’s important to clearly understand that, in what really matters, it’s YOUR game. You decide what’s important and then achieve on your own terms.

But we also need to be clear that it’s not okay to win the other guy’s game using your rules–that’s just cheating. You can’t have it both ways.

By: Laura Scott

Laura Scott — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:01:05 +0000

Another great reminder. Thanks!

By: Foxie || (CarsxGirl)

Foxie || (CarsxGirl) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:36:25 +0000

Exactly!!! I’m so glad I found this site, it’s awesome.

I need to adopt my driving/racing mentality and apply it to all areas of life. When I go and autocross, it’s me against me and the clock. I go, and as long as I improve and beat my times through-out the day, I’m happy and satisfied and having fun. It doesn’t matter where I stack up against other people — It’s me and my car and the clock, all that matters. It’s nice to be fast, sure, but my fast isn’t necessarily someone else’s fast.

Definitely need to keep reminding myself of this. I should just focus on being me, because nobody can be me better than myself. Right?