Pride

According to the Population Reference Bureau, there are 106.5 billion people on earth who have ever lived. Lots.

And you want to be number one. Oh, just in your own little clique; no more, no less.

Sorry, coach. The clamorous climb up the self-centered power struggle knows no equivalent. All power probably is a desire for attention anyways. Ambition to the dregs, and the flask is infinitely deep. And don't forget: there's no real, solid, bedrock criteria. It's all just an emotional pull, a neurochemical flux, no different -- no different! -- than a child's struggle for attention. The prideful are the true junkies, and the drugs they suck have no fashion sense.

So be content with being nothing.

No, really, be content with being nothing.