It's funny because what you discuss above, I can fully acknowledge when I look at others. I have seen friends try to achieve greater things, fail, and yet I feel a high degree of respect for them because they took that leap toward achieving something special. But when I look at my own self, a repeat failed businessman, I do acknowledge the pride in having pushed myself beyond what the average person does, yet I am still left with immense shame in that I have not achieved the success that I have repeatedly fought for. Though I would not feel that way towards another person who did the exact same thing as I. Maybe it's because I personally have to suffer the loses, and that's why I have to be tougher and less forgiving for my own failures, where I don't suffer the loses that others do when they strive and fail, and that's why I can look at their attempts to achieve with less criticism than I do with my own failures.
It's funny because what you discuss above, I can fully acknowledge when I look at others. I have seen friends try to achieve greater things, fail, and yet I feel a high degree of respect for them because they took that leap toward achieving something special. But when I look at my own self, a repeat failed businessman, I do acknowledge the pride in having pushed myself beyond what the average person does, yet I am still left with immense shame in that I have not achieved the success that I have repeatedly fought for. Though I would not feel that way towards another person who did the exact same thing as I. Maybe it's because I personally have to suffer the loses, and that's why I have to be tougher and less forgiving for my own failures, where I don't suffer the loses that others do when they strive and fail, and that's why I can look at their attempts to achieve with less criticism than I do with my own failures.