Comparing Yourself to Other People - Truth?

Hello guys! This was a topic that was playing on my mind recently:

So, all over the internet, we're all coming to the realisation that comparing yourself to other people can truly lead to your demise and your sadness and displeasure for the simple reason that you're not the person you're comparing yourself to. However, if you're true to yourself and don't try and emulate a person as perfectly as you can and down to every little detail, then should taking someone as a role model really have a bad impact on your life?

This also then comes down to what sort of qualities you admire in the idol that you have. Is it something that you can truly emulate like kindness or I don't know, perhaps one quality that doesn't depend on physical ability? Or is it their physical appearance that you can't perhaps emulate perfectly? Or an ability that perhaps is harder to gain?

I know that must sound really bad but the point I'm trying to make is, when you compare yourself to other people, you've got to remember that the success you're going to have in doing the same thing or something similar to what they do isn't going to be the same as their success, purely because of the fact you're a) different people with b) different capabilities and c) different opportunities and circumstances. This all leads to the fact that if you think that you can achieve exactly the same outcome as your idol, you're definitely mistaken.

To finish and clarify, I'm not saying don't emulate people or look up to people and try and be like them, I'm saying be realistic in your expectations of yourself because though it may seem that their definition of success is the one way you can be successful, everyone has different measures of success and that means that you've got to remember that your success will be undoubtedly different to theirs.

I really, really hope this post doesn't offend anyone and I hope and pray that it makes sense!

This post was sort of led on by Alfie Deyes' addition to the YouTube Culture discussion that's been whirling over YouTube for a good few months now. I really think, as did a few people, that he really managed to encapsulate the truth of both sides of the argument and if you haven't seen it yet and want to get a taste for the insight he provides, the link to the video is here!

Please leave your thoughts down below and stay wonderful! :)

Speak to you guys soon x