Your competition is working, they are trying new things, doing things differently from you, trying to grow and expand.
Your competition may be younger, may have more resources, may have more money, may even be better at what they do.
Your competition may be all these things, but none of these things matter…..you can’t control who else is out there doing what you are doing. The only person you can control is you. The only real competition you have is yourself.
Spend the time you are worrying about the guys down the street and make your spot, your business, your destiny the best it can possible be. Be your own competition, set your own bars, break your own goals, find out who you really are, what your message really is, and you will never have to worry about competition again.
-Joshua Page,
http://www.hickorymartialarts.com