Everybody on this planet is different. Yes, we may all be humans. But, we differ in terms of the situations we are in, the experiences we are having. It all shapes us.
May be few years ahead of the line, you are the result of what you do/face today. It is just an incremental development that we build every single day. It may be learning a new skill, or forming a new habit. All those little things count. I think consistency has far more impact than intensity. Slow growth is better than no growth. I have experienced this in the field of software development. Building one single component every single day will eventually lead to a big giant project. It is all about the time.