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winning - by vincent huang - a slice of my mind

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for most of my life i was very prone to envy. part of that was because of the academic environment i was raised in - other people doing well on math contests meant i would have a worse rank, other people getting into top colleges meant i would have a harder time doing so myself, and so on - but it also extended to non-academic endeavors as well. for instance, i remember feeling little pangs of resentment whenever one of my friends found a new friend group that they began spending lots of time with, or whenever someone i knew joined twitter and acquired more followers than me seemingly without much effort now i understand that these kinds of events are often blessings in disguise. friends joining new groups can be a good way for you to meet new people, having acquaintances with lots of twitter followers is great for your own account because occasionally those people will like your tweets and amplify them to a larger audience, and so on. i have a bad habit where i tend to assume at first

also on mit admissions for most of my life i was very prone to envy. part of that was because of the academic environment i was raised in - other people doing well on math contests meant i would have a worse rank, other people getting into top colleges meant i would have a harder time doing so myself, and so on - but it also extended to non-academic endeavors as well. for instance, i remember feeling little pangs of resentment whenever one of my friends found a new friend group that they began spending lots of time with, or whenever someone i knew joined twitter and acquired more followers…

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