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Have you ever
wondered why dreams of many are always incomplete? Well the answer is straight
forward- there is always a shift in goal posts.
What are goal posts
and why do they tend to move? Check out previous episode- My Perception towards
Finance here for your
answer.
One of the
important reasons why our goal posts in life change is that out scale of
comparison rises as we grow. We select a person whom we compare with to become
happy/successful in life. This may be our father, brother, uncle or some other.
After some time
when we tend to grow and reach near to this point, our perception change. We no
more feel that he is the scale of measurement for us.
We now select another
person at higher level and start comparing our self with them. And this
procedure continues throughout our life. The real concern here is not the
tendency to compare with others, but is that we never feel satisfied of our
growth because we go on a person at much higher level.
This steals away
all the joy we have in life. Thus it is popularly denoted that ‘There’s always a bigger Fish’.
There’s always a bigger fish Origin:
There is always an
origin no matter how huge the matter is. Same is the case of this proverb too.
It represents the food chain of fishes in deep waters. It is common phenomenon
that a small fish is eaten by big fish and this in turn eaten by a bigger fish.
This process actually continues to large extent. This lead to a popular
proverb.
This proverb now I used
can be interpreted in various contexts. It generally refers to the comparison
of people- not only in case of finance only but also in various other
instances. For example: Students feel pressurized under a teacher and feel that
teacher is a free bird, as he (she) has no burden. But the real fact is that a
principle sits above teachers who guides and pressures them in the
administration. And this process continues
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We all may be aware
of the blockbuster movie KGF. This movie perfectly represents this proverb. As
Rocky (Protagonist) tries to defeat a Don, he comes across a bigger one with
more power. In fact, this is the truth in life which we need to understand.
Whenever we feel
that we are successful after passing a stage, there is always a bigger problem
waiting for us to be defeated.
As far as our
perception for finance is considered we need to remember this while growing in
life. When we start comparing with a
person, a day will come when we change this person for comparison. This habit
is to be avoided because this will not let us live in peace. This aspect is to
be underlined for healthy financial life without any worries.
Well the question
now would be- If we stop comparing with others, whom should we compare with?
You can compare
with yourself.
How?
You can compare your current financial life with
yourself few months or years ago. This will let you know whether you are
growing in life or not. When you are growing this comparison will double the motivation
to move forward. Thus this process is a suggested one.
Summary:
The essence of my
narration is clear. It is always advisable to avoid comparing with others. This
suggestion lies valid not only with finance but also in other aspects and
decisions too. In contrary, it is considered healthy to compare yourself with
past yourself to evaluate the growth.
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conclusion after going through various sources. But the main source among them
is the book- The Psychology of Money written by Morgan Housel. Get this book if you are interested
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