“Our very business in life is not to get ahead of others… but to get ahead of ourselves.”

Thomas S. Monson

 This quote to me means that we have to get ahead of ourselves in our life. We shouldn't strive to get ahead of other people but to get ahead of yourself. You shouldn't try to be better than someone else because then you won’t be surpassing them but end up under them. You have to be better than yourself in anything meaning, that you should be doing things to your fullest capacity. You should never give up and keep going and doing well. Our job, like the quote says is not to get ahead of other but get ahead of ourselves. You are better today than yesterday.