Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
Isaac Newton

We all like to think that we have accomplished something on our own. We want to take all of the credit for our accomplishments. Our ego loves it when it can now say that you are better than other people because you thought of or did something they didn't. But the ego is full of delusions.
The truth is that we never accomplish something on our own, and we are not better than the people who have gone before us.

When you accomplish something great, then somebody else will use it as a stepping stone to accomplish something even greater. That's the way it works. But that doesn't mean that your accomplishment wasn't valuable, because if your accomplishment wasn't there then the next person couldn't do his greater accomplishment. All successes build upon previous ones.

Wise people appreciate the accomplishments of others because those accomplishments motivate and inspire them to do something even better. They know that the best way to see further is to stand on the shoulders of giants. Whose shoulders are you standing on?

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