Here’s the thing: sometimes people ask me about competition. They ask me who I’m watching out for, or who I’m worried about, or who I’m competing with. There are a few answers to this question, to be honest, but it might not make sense to you, if you think like most people. You see, I’m not competing with any of you. I’m working on improving.
I learned this by completing a marathon in 2004. I’m not fast. I’m not amazing. I just did it. I ran 26.2 miles and completed it. Did I do that by competing? No. I did it by getting out and running.
I’ll admit it. There are blogs that I track my stats against. I do it to see if I’m improving. I do it to see if they are pulling away from me or if I’m having a better month. We all do it. There’s someone out there that we look at to judge ourselves, even a little bit. But that’s not where I compete.
I compete with myself. Did I or didn’t I land the business partnership? Did I or didn’t I do the boring parts of my job that still have to be done? Did I pay enough attention to my kids? Did I eat my vegetables and skip dessert?
Blog numbers aren’t a competition. Number of twitter followers has nothing to do with competition. Who you have for a customer isn’t how I compete.
And you know what? That’s been how I’ve gotten as far along as I have. I learn from everyone. I learn from people with 10 regular blog readers. I learn from Robert Scoble and all the other names you’d expect. I learn from books with dusty jackets that people have forgotten. I learn from Madonna and Oprah and Jenna Jameson.
You keep on racing.
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