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https://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/limited-thinking1.jpg264352This pattern of limited thinking can be broken by recognizing most comparisons are meaningless. Each of us has our strong and weak points. Matching your strong points to other people's weak points usually has little purpose except to feed your ego.