You cannot stop comparing — it is biological, it is how the brain calibrates your position in the world. But you can change the direction of comparison. Stop comparing yourself to the curated version of a stranger on the internet and start comparing yourself to who you were six months ago. The only scoreboard that matters is the one with yourself. If today you are a millimeter ahead of yesterday, you are winning a game nobody else is playing.
What the letters say
From Letter 01 — Here we go again
Trading. Forex. A blog. Videos. Social media. Travel. Every time I saw the wave before others and every time I rode it I got off before it reached shore.
Not from lack of talent. From something worse. A chronic impatience disguised as intuition. The conviction that if something doesn't explode immediately, it's not the right one. That the next beginning will be the breakthrough.
From Letter 02 — Choosing who to be
I wrote in my journal: "I always thought others were better than me. That they had something more. That they were more capable, more attractive, more performing."
Because the only competition that matters is the one with yourself. Not with who you think others are. But with who you know you can become.
From Letter 03 — The price no one wants to pay
Fifty-four attempts to become better. This is the third. Best, Stefano.