Second Best

I was reading something some person posted about aiming to be the best but if you don't make it then settle for second best.
DUH?

That's the trouble with a lot of people living here. Everything they do is for the experience.

My rationale is simple - set targets that are within your reach i.e. it shouldn't be a ridiculous one because then how would you ever do an evaluation and figure out what when wrong when the parameters were not properly set in the first place.

Such people will have tendencies to brag because they have protected themselves from actually facing reality - so whenever they fall short of their target, they will still feel good about themselves and probably will throw themselves a celebration party because they almost made it. AND because of this, they will never be achievers.

One part of me will give credit to such people for always being so unrealistic that when reality actually sinks in, they will miss the whole picture.
It protects them from the bad news. But the greater part of me wants to shake them so hard, they think they're in the quake zone.

Life is not a competition, it doesn't have to be. We should make plans, have goals and try to be good at what we do. BUT to look at a million dollar income earner and then hope to make 10% of that in your lifetime so that you can feel proud of yourself, is really pathetic.
I'd rather we just forget the entire competition and move on to other areas. That's why we have heats in races. You must first demonstrate the ability before you are selected to compete for best placings.

Jeez - that comment really annoyed me.