When you faced disappointment on competing with others, you tends to think that you have something else better and you should be grateful that someone else is worse than you. The other way to think of it is that, it's human life, there are other thing that are more precious than competition result with others. But the thing is these are all thinking that is close ended.
What's the problem with close ended thinking? Well, it makes you stopped. It makes you accept it's what it's without motivation to move on. To me, this is not what human life supposed to be. Human life is about advancement and excel.
So, the correct thinking must be remind yourself that this is a Marathon. It isn't over until it's over. You need to keep finding ways, keep trying different methods that may failed but without severe consequences and able to project you sharply up the learning curve. That's what human life should be. Continue to strife, it's part of the way to survive.
It's always a Marathon!
