Jack of all Insecurities 10/20/2009

Competing in an area opens one up to insecurity in that area. Insult my skill at golf? Who gives
a shit, golf sucks. Insult my jiu-jitsu ability? I take it more personal.
Its an attack on my self-image. I rank myself in it, I train in it, my ideal image is master of it.
Anything you wish you were better at opens up potential insecurity.
More than sport, this affects other aspects of life. How much money one makes, penis size,
good looks, work ethics, etc. Going back to my Proletariat Kings article opens up an example of this.
The poor, now, live better than the kings but not better than their peers.
If it is something they have control of, maybe it can create ambition. However, if it is something
one cant control, or maybe one can, but puts no effort into improving, maybe you should stop
competing. A man without ambition is a man happy with what he has.
-Greg dratsab Huffman

(7/31/2014) Bertrand Russell reference
I am currently reading Human Society in Ethics and Politics by Bertrand Russell, and he touches
on this a bit. Let me quote him: In rivals this is a ground of envy, but in those who are too humble to be
rivals it is a ground of admiration: Huygens and Leibniz were delighted by the rumor that Newton had
gone mad, but Pope, who did not aspire to scientific eminence, cold praise Newton sincerely up to the
limits of his deserts. So, it seems, the more fields you try to excel at the more rivals you will
accumulate.