Hi, Hive account@mariskalubis ... yes, focus on quality. I like your mention of competing with oneself. Most ideally, we concentrate on becoming our best so that others are best helped in becoming their best. Hive account@aedroberts often says in interpersonal conversations, "We are all both strong and weak at the same time." When we appreciate the meaning of that expression, we realize and appreciate how our strengths and weaknesses go together; and we thus team up with others who have strengths to compliment ours to bring about an end result of strong community.