I hate this saying: “No matter who you are, there’s always someone more successful than you.” I know I said it in so many words above, but it’s the kind of saying that makes me want to punch the person who said it in the face, and then prove that I can be more successful than whoever that “someone” is. (By the way, if there’s one trait you should look for in a successful entrepreneur, it’s that one.)
So–screw that saying. You can be the most successful person in the world–but the way to do it is to show your beautiful middle finger to Facebook postings or blog subscriber counts or whatever it is that is getting you down–and then just have the guts to ask those people how they got to be so damn successful. Chances are, you’re making a choice not to do whatever they did.

Erica Douglass