Joys Of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning

by Gautam Baid

Envy is the only one of the seven deadly sins that offers no upside. Envious people are always miserable, because envy has only downside risks and envy offers no upside reward. We are unnecessarily influenced even when others are playing a different game than we are. Do not compare yourself with others. The only person you need to be better than today is the person you were yesterday. Competing with others makes you bitter. Competing with yourself makes you better. Great wisdom can be found in Ernest Hemingway’s words: “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”