Richard Feynman had that problem. He solved that problem by saying "whatever, I'll just have fun playing."

http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~kilcup/262/feynman.html

I'm not sure anyone else followed his example all the way to the nobel prize, but I can say for certain that I've followed it to a satisfying place.

I wonder if I'm more mediocre than you, or you're more mediocre than me. One of us must be more mediocre. One of us has two thumbs and doesn't care.