If you find someone smarter than you, work with them, don't compete.
I believe we are wired as humans to compete with one another. But then there's something better than competition, and it is collaboration.
As a business owner, partnering with individuals who possess greater knowledge or skills than you is more advantageous than competing against them.
Has Wikipedia have specified and defined, collaboration is the process of two or more people, entities, or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal.
When you collaborate, it helps you learn from the expertise of your partners to improve your business, drive innovation, and achieve mutual success.
Additionally, collaboration allows you to leverage the strengths of your partner to complement your own, leading to better decision-making, improved products or services, and a stronger competitive edge in the market.
So, when you have the option to either compete or collaborate, go for collaboration.
One will chase a thousand, and two will chase ten thousand.