Competing and conquering are not only exhaustive, they're boring. You are not perfect. You are not perfect. No, you're not. To stop the erosion, you simplify your consensus reality definitions.
Success means having more and better than, being more and better than, doing more and better than.
Shuddering at the prospect of failure, you take a deep breath, you steel yourself, and you dive in again. Rather that realizing that the definitions are incorrect, you try again to make them work for you. Never was, never will be. There is no end. What success you do create feels like a fluke that can be snatched away at any moment.