Competition is unavoidable.

Whether you like it or not, it exists.

Most men are attracted to the same women.

Most women are attracted to the same qualities in desirable men.

And most people want to pursue the career you’ve decided to dominate.

This is a fact.

But does it have to be a death sentence?

Absolutely not.

In this email, I’m going to highlight the truth about your competition.

And in doing so, I’m also going to make you see your true excellence.

Let’s get into it.

Sitting around a campfire and singing kumbaya isn’t going to cut it in this world.

Anyone who says otherwise has already admitted defeat.

Don’t try to change their minds.

They’re doing you a favour.

Why?

Because they’ve checked themselves out of the game.

Which means, you already have less competition.

Excellent!

Now, let’s look at some of the people you are competing against.

To start things off, I’m going to tell you about something I saw today.

More specifically, someone I saw.

I was on the bus heading into the office and got off at my usual stop.

It was a beautiful day and the sun was beaming down on my face.

A few minutes after basking in the warm sunlight, my view of the day became

clouded.

Not because the weather changed, but because I saw someone doing something despicable.

Standing in front of me was a man.

Looked pretty old to me, but probably younger than my father.

He was clearly homeless and likely drunk.

It was 10 in the morning.

This should tell you a lot about the man’s character.

Next thing I know, he’s whipping his member out and pissing all over the street.

Lovely.

Needless to say, I became disgusted.

Disgusted that a man old enough to be a grandfather was in such a reprehensible position.

Disgusted that he was ruining my view of an exquisite day.

And disgusted at his wasted potential.

When I say this is your competition, I mean it.

Sure, this guy was clearly at rock bottom and has probably been grounded for some time.

But the people you’re competing against in life are exactly the same.

I promise, at some point in this man’s life, he too had dreams.

He had aspirations of things he wanted to do.

He had hopes of becoming something and adding value to the world.

But clearly, he allowed the world to break him.

Things became too hard and he simply couldn’t handle it.

How else do you end up in such a despondent situation?

I promise he wanted the same things you do.

Humans like to think they’re unique, when in reality, we all want the same things.

We all desire the same psychological needs to have a “happy” life.

And the world is set up for us to compete for them.

Whether this is a good thing or not is besides the point.

Without an innate desire to compete, the human race wouldn’t have done

anything with its potential.

We simply would have fizzled out and accepted the fate of extinction.

But alas, here we are, defying the forces of nature.

My example of the homeless bloke is meant to be shocking.

Obviously the field you’re in doesn’t have a bunch of bums trying to beat you.

But the point remains the same.

You may think the people you’re competing against are these impressive beings.

You may believe that they have everything figured out and are better than you.

But the truth is, you’re simply overestimating them.

And by doing so, you’re underestimating yourself.

Never underestimate yourself.

If you do, you’re shooting yourself in the foot.

People who are unsure of their excellence will never uncover it.

Whereas, people who are delusionally confident, often tend to do quite well.

I guarantee Mr.Beast knew he would be the greatest YouTuber in the world, even when he objectively wasn’t.

He had such delusional confidence in himself, that failing just wasn’t an option.

Do you think he cared about his competition?

Of course not.

He didn’t spend a second thinking about them.

While he watched people like Logan Paul rocket up to millions of subscribers,

before he even had 100K, he didn’t care.

He knew he was better than him.

And it was only a matter of time before the world would accept this as a fact.

Never.

EVER.

Underestimate yourself.

What purpose does it serve?

If you remain realistic for your entire life, you’ll never do any of the things you want to do.

Excellence requires delusion.

It requires confidence.

And it can’t exist without self-belief.

By underestimating yourself, you’re demonstrating a lack of self-belief.

And if you don’t believe in yourself, absolutely nobody else will.

Do you see how this connects to the notion of competition?

Most of your competitors don’t have a delusional level of confidence in themselves.

They’re filled with doubts.

They’re acutely aware of their shortcomings.

They can’t stop feeling like an unworthy imposter.

By ridding yourself of this mental prison, you automatically gain a significant

edge over everyone else.

While people who love losing preach the importance of being humble, you’ll be doing the opposite:

Speaking your success into existence.

A lot of people have a hard time accepting these lessons because they’ve been

brought up being told that humility is sexy.

This is true, but only in certain cases.

The billionaire who has humility is sexy.

The broke homeless man who has humility isn’t.

Why?

Because the situations are different.

For a billionaire to be humble, the expectation of arrogance is being shattered.

This is something unexpected, which makes it a novel experience.

On the other hand, no one cares if a homeless man is humble.

Just look where it got him.

So no, humility isn’t the sexiest thing since Scarlett Johanson.

It’s only sexy after you’ve leveraged the power of arrogance to get all of the

things you want.

Then, and only then, do you have my permission to be humble.

You don’t have to go through life looking at everyone as competition.

If it’s not in your nature, it’s not in your nature.

There’s not much you can do to change that.

But if you’re like me, most things become competitive.

I don’t know why, it just is.

I’m in tune with my biological drivers and have no interest in changing them.

And because I know the game of life is competitive, I have zero interest in underestimating myself.

Equally, I know what my competition is doing.

And frankly, I’m not impressed.

These are the guys ahead of me?

Seriously?

What do they have that I don’t?

What makes them so special?

The answer:

Nothing.

Most competition in the world is average.

And the easiest way to beat them is just by doing more.

More reps in the gym.

More walks in nature.

More dates.

More money.

More articles.

More videos.

Just do more.

And when you do more, your self-belief will increase.

With each act of creation, you’re adding an extra lego block to your castle of confidence.

The more blocks you add, the more confidence you build.

And the more confidence you build, the less you’ll underestimate yourself.

It’s all a victorious, upward spiral.

Once you start, it can’t be stopped.

It doesn’t matter what tries to derail you.

It doesn’t matter what anyone says or what anyone does.

Nothing will get in the way of you on your triumphant trail.

Hope you found this useful.

I'll see you in the next one,

Godfrey