People aren’t cars

Does a car that accelerates faster than other cars really go faster?

After all, the speed limits are the same, and gas stations still need visiting along the way. Not to mention how all that acceleration may cause you more visits there.

Similarly, the people and teams that accelerate fast and make noise get all the praise.

But people aren’t cars…

The best car for collecting groceries and taking the kids bowling isn’t the same car that makes all that noise.

And the best car for traversing a rural landscape because you chose to leave the city behind makes quite a different noise indeed.

We can judge cars based on their ability to do the things they were designed to do…

So why can’t we judge our actions and our goals in the same way?

People aren’t cars: there’s no benefit to judging the paths and actions of others against your own, because you were designed to do different things.

Go at your speed.

It suits you.