That's 88 missed podiums

Social Media is full of people bragging about their achievements: tech award x winner, raised y $, founder of z and etc. Is that right, showcasing the triumphs only?

Of course we are social creatures and we need some approval, but do we? For what? Someone approves you or not, so what? It is your life, not theirs. Writing the accomplishments only deludes you, and even stops sometimes.

This selective sharing online, masks our deeper psychology. We perceive losses as twice as painful as gains are pleasurable. Something called loss aversion by Kahneman. We try to hide them, demonstrating us perfect to others. We do not acknowledge ourselves how many imperfections we have. Showing them is strength for me. You are not afraid of some "opinions", you are free. You accepted yourself and are trying to do something about it, not just hide it in some far-away closet. With losses you understand now what you have done, but what you have not, but could. It hurts. People hide that pain.

One should accept it, be sick for some time, suffer from the pain, and then work on those losses to make them minimal. One begins to understand the opportunity cost of things and makes full use of his/her time and resources.

Personally, I post my losses: lost competition, wasted 4 hours, did not do what I planned. These, keep me aware of what is going on wrong. I don't try to seem perfect, but to become perfect for myself. Those 88 podiums, Max missed them. In F1, he won 100 out of 188 at some point, which is quite impressive, but still he focuses on what he has not done, not what he had. And this is the interview I still remember.