I think it's not just about when you're competing to start a business, but when you're doing anything. You're so rarely alone when you're trying to do something - right now at work, i'm competing with a colleague who's younger, a local to the country I'm in, with better resources (he's filthy rich) - but it's still fun. It's a challenge channelling the panic of losing to him into motivation to beat him, or at least become an equal.
I find that rivals have always driven me to squeeze out the most effort and drive - even in school, and those competitions tend to be some of the best times of my life. It makes you evolve.
But then there is the part where you have to keep at the back of your mind that there will ALWAYS be someone better than you, and life isn't a race against others but a journey on your own.
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