I've been working on an idea for a while and am making slow-but-steady progress both in product development and user traction. But given that I see founders around me with a degree of intensity that I'm not able to enter. Am I doing this wrong? [I solemnly swear I will not promote]

I've been working on an idea for a while and am making slow-but-steady progress both in product development and user traction. But given that I see founders around me with a degree of intensity that I'm not able to enter. Am I doing this wrong? [I solemnly swear I will not promote]