I think that once you find your own individual direction in life and set your focus on that, over time what other people you compared yourself to before think of you start to matter less.

I think it's about finding what you want in life and going for that regardless of what other people think. That's what has worked for me anyway. I used to compare myself to other heaps, it was a huge part of my life. I don't do it very much any more. I'd be lying if I said that I don't all together though.

There is a certain satisfaction which comes from seeing people who used to think their selves better than you fading away in your dust. Not because you beat them by their own measure, wealth or fitness or whatever, but just by them not having anything to offer you in life because you have out grown them.