The only competition that matters is with yourself.
Slightly better than you were yesterday? You just beat yourself. That's an epic win.
Don't let past you win.
Past you sucks... Don't let that jerk win




In a relationship,
Common purpose let's you grow in the same direction.
If you're both jellyfish floating in the current, you will grow apart.
You need a spine, and drive, or you go with the flow.
Even a corpse can go with the flow. Its natural for corpses to flow apart.