It's very difficult to compete with someone who is obsessed. Michael Jordan was obsessed. Serena Williams was obsessed. Steve Jobs was obsessed. Coco Chanel was obsessed. The obsessed are willing to make sacrifices the un-obsessed aren't. They will rise earlier. They will work harder, longer. They will risk more. They will consume knowledge with the unquenchable hunger of a jungle cat. They will annihilate you. You should never compete with the obsessed. Instead, you should find another vocation where you are the obsessed, where you are the rare few.