I remember when I was a small boy, I use to tell myself to always do best what my brother is capable of. What I mean is for instance, if my brother was a B learner, I have to be an A learner.
Growing up with that mentality can be the most successful motive. In that case you are not competing, it’s setting your standards that you wanna act upon.
Were standards are set to the maximum possibility of succes there’s no risk of failure and all the things will be flowing smoothly.