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Came across this Judy Garland quote:

Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.

Do you wish you were like someone else? Does it spur you on to do better, or make you miserable and insecure?

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  1. Stacey says

    October 26, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    I don’t wish I was like someone else but I am inspired by certain other writers. It definitely spurs me on to do better!

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    • Rabia says

      October 27, 2012 at 6:33 pm

      This is the good–and healthy–side to admiring someone else. But we can fall into the danger of constantly comparing ourselves to others. It’s a fine line to walk.

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  2. Anne Elizabeth Baldwin says

    October 27, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    I wouldn’t dare try to be like someone else. I’m far enough away from “typical” that even trying to to fit another’s standards on a single subject hurts terribly. I’d be afraid to try more, as well as terribly frustrated with all the limits in the wrong places. Between the limits I couldn’t hope to reach and the limits I couldn’t bear to live within, being someone else would be a mess from start to finish. {lop-sided smile}

    Anne Elizabeh Baldwin

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    • Rabia says

      October 27, 2012 at 6:35 pm

      Well put!

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  3. Kirsten says

    October 27, 2012 at 7:13 pm

    Definitely, seeing others’ success spurs me on to do better.
    I’ve long since given up wanting what other people have, and as a result learned to appreciate what is mine all the more. But when I see someone doing well, I ask myself what they are doing that I could do too. If so, I use what suits me. If not, I’m happy for their success. I think the world can always use more people reaching their fullest potential–the first-rate versions of themselves.
    Great quote, and one I haven’t seen before!

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    • Rabia says

      October 28, 2012 at 9:41 pm

      You’re at a good place, Kirsten. ๐Ÿ™‚

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