"Different" or "Better"?
"DIFFERENT" or "BETTER"
I am better than him!
or
I am not better than him!
We have often heard people saying these statements, but are such statements correct?
Can we ever compare ourselves to others?
Each individual has a different thought process and so will their end products or services.
Is there a need to change the word "Better" with "Different"?
Each individual has a different upbringing, no two individuals are the same, even after taking the same training, the end products will have some difference.
The day we start respecting the differences, the competition of getting ahead of each other will be stopped.
Since our childhood we have been told to be better than others but how can we be compared to each other?
Even twins don't behave same, they have different lives.
Anger, greed, jealousy are the byproducts of the competition( with others).
Moreover, how frustrating would it be to try to copy someone when you are completely different individual.
Comparison, when done to the another person is a very subjective, the only comparison we must focus is with our ownself.
The genuine comparison between two persons product & services can only be done when we assume both persons lead a very similar life and that is impossible and so this type of comparison has not substance.
The diversity, the difference, is an endless number of arguments that are fashionable but are a fundamental part of a good coexistence, "being different is great" I see them in many autism campaigns and it is so, who measures the normality or who establishes it...
thank you for your contribution
Yes, True!
Different is great.
I don't believe in comparison because there are lots of aspects we have to see before comparing two things. Instead of this we ahve to focus on self developement completely different ways that we already have.
Comparison with our ownself is the only comparison we can do.
We need to be ourself God has given everyone their own abilities and skill sets we cannot compare anyone with our skills all have different. We just need to help others if we have some skills what others needed.
Yes everyone has something different which can help others.
I totally agree with you friend @knowledgefruit when it comes to human potential comparisons are never good, in addition to all the factors you expose, there is even the issue of time. At some point someone may feel better or more "successful" than another, however after a few years this situation can be completely reversed, so the previous analysis (very limited by the way) would only apply for a certain amount of time.
Not to mention that the concepts of "better life" for some could only refer to "greater amount of accumulated goods", while for others it represents, for example, greater freedom or greater happiness ... how to compare or measure success comparing both ?
The best thing, as you say, is to observe ourselves, try to determine if what we have achieved or what we have achieved satisfies ourselves, our success therefore will not depend on how well we have done with respect to others, but how satisfied we are with ourselves.
Human comparison is not the right one. The one who we today consider successful can tomorrow be ruined.