Without seeking comparison to others, one should reach to surpass oneself instead.

不求与人相比，但求超越自己。

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I cried. I wanted to give up until I watched the video again. I suddenly realized the real bottleneck. "I did not surpass myself. I have to move myself first then I can really move others."

我哭了，我好想要放弃，直到把影片拿出来再看一遍，这才恍然大悟，我才了解到真正的瓶颈——“我没有超越自己，唯有突破自己才能让别人感动”。

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Their subjects were asked to rate such things as their tendency to correct others, to want to control conversations, and to surpass others' accomplishments, in a questionnaire designed to assess their dominance.

ECONOMIST: Odour and mating preferences