Balderdash. At Steens Mountain Running Camp, we had a kid who was constantly holding us back. He was a slow and inefficient runner. He put us fifth or sixth out of six teams in any event he competed in. When he wasn't with us, we placed at least top three. 

And before anyone says "well he didn't believe in himself" or any of that Disneyesque stuff, know this: we encouraged him throughout the week, and he was at least semi-confident in his abilities (you don't go to Steens if you aren't a good runner). He was simply a weak link that held us back.

Balderdash. At Steens Mountain Running Camp, we had a kid who was constantly holding us back. He was a slow and inefficient runner. He put us fifth or sixth out of six teams in any event he competed in. When he wasn't with us, we placed at least top three. 

 

And before anyone says "well he didn't believe in himself" or any of that Disneyesque stuff, know this: we encouraged him throughout the week, and he was at least semi-confident in his abilities (you don't go to Steens if you aren't a good runner). He was simply a weak link that held us back.

If you believe that he's holding you back then he will hold you back. It's as simple as that. If you don't believe he holds you back, then it's an experience that you can use to simply improve your own ability to make up for their lack of ability.

If you end up spending all of your time thinking about why this person is holding you back as opposed to thinking of why you aren't improving yourself to make up for it then you're wasting your time.

Your misconception here is that the fact he held you up was failure, the truth is that failure is just success from a different point of view. Failure is as much a part of success as success is a part of failure.

I really enjoyed reading this. I agree with all you said here, and overall, I found this quite encouraging. 

Thank you for sharing this.

I really enjoyed reading this. I agree with all you said here, and overall, I found this quite encouraging. 

 

Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you. Everyday, I spend quite a lot of time just sitting there alone and thinking and reflecting on ways to improve myself and ways to improve the world. I think it's the most important part of my day, honestly.

As someone who has ridiculously poor self-esteem, I know from experience that this is true.

As Handsome Jack pointed out, there are times when this kind of stuff is just wishful thinking.  On the other hand, there are times this is true.  Look at the Mane 6.  They're a great example of a whole that's greater than the sum of it's parts. 

Thank you. Everyday, I spend quite a lot of time just sitting there alone and thinking and reflecting on ways to improve myself and ways to improve the world. I think it's the most important part of my day, honestly.