...the one-eyed man is king.
How do you survive a shark attack? You don't have to swim faster than the shark, you just need to swim faster than your friend.
I was watching a swimming event during the last Olympics. One of the heats had three place-finishers with a times that were contained within 1/10th of a second. The times ended in .03, .04. and .09.
This reminded me that the winners in any sport are often separated by just fractions of a second. In horse and auto racing, the distances can be incredibly small.
It is this way with pretty much everything in life. Political races have been won by one vote, the difference between getting a job or not getting a job can be based on one word in your resume, and getting something you've always wanted may simply be yours because you asked, and the other guy didn't. In fact when I ran a painting business my motto was simply, 'We'll Show Up'. That's all it takes since most contractors don't.
You don't have to be vastly superior to anyone to be the best in your niche, or category, or sport. Sometimes the difference-maker is just running that extra lap, working that extra hour, or getting out of bed just a half hour earlier than your competition, every day.
The next time you want to be king, remember the majority of the world is 'blind', and all it might take is doing that one little 'extra' thing.
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