Thanks for such a great post. I really appreciated you sharing your experience with that doctor. The other day I chatted with a mentor like woman about really intense competitive feelings that arose around certain people. She replied, that I should only compete with myself. I found this really helpful. It's similar to what the doctor was saying to you.... it doesn't matter what other people are doing, what matters is that your doing the best you can. That's sounds cheesy but I find to be really true. If I am doing pretty good (my standard made by my comparison to others) I often won't push myself to do much better, even though I potentially could. Thanks again!