The article makes a good point but if a person is already in the &#x27;compare&#x27; mindset it is often impossible for them to internalize it. One of the oddest things is finding a fact that you don&#x27;t believe because if you did, it would require you to change your whole belief structure about yourself.<p>The canonical example is addiction, addicts believe they can quit any time, because if they couldn&#x27;t quit then they would have to admit they were an addict. And generally admitting that means admitting you aren&#x27;t in control and that is a scary place to be without any support.<p>In startups you will often see this if the company is suddenly very successful and people are suddenly &quot;rich&quot; (by their own definition). I&#x27;ve seen two responses to that outcome, sometimes people are grateful that they were lucky to be in the right place at the right time, and some people develop this internal view that they are somehow &quot;better&quot; than the folks who did not get rich. In the latter case it expresses very oddly, putting down people who are doing better work than they are, but aren&#x27;t rich. The challenge of admitting that they were just lucky, means they have to understand they are not somehow better than the people who didn&#x27;t get rich.<p>At least if you won the lottery its obvious you were just lucky.