Be first or be the best. Which?

Karl Benz. Gottlieb Daimler. Wilhelm Maybach.

All geniuses in their own right.

Be first. Yes, for Benz.

Be faster. Yes, for Daimler.

Be the best (engineer). Yes, for Maybach.

Are any of these traits better than that others? Probably not. Can’t we strive to be all of the above?