Six Habits of Low Self-Esteem

2. The habit of competing. Behind the zealous desire to be better than someone lies a feeling of inferiority and an attempt to prove the opposite. As long as the wounded ego is your only motivation, you will live in constant competition. There will always be those who are better and have more. The true purpose of life is not to compete, but to be. To be oneself, not better than the neighbor. Only an unhappy person tries to prove that they are happy; only a dead person tries to prove that they are alive; only a coward tries to prove that they are brave. Only a person who knows their own insignificance tries to prove their greatness. (Indian philosopher Osho)