Episode #50 Stop Comparing Yourself

Three Problems

• We often want what others have without putting in the work required to receive what they have.
• Comparison is the thief of contentment.
• Comparison involves preoccupation with ourselves and impairs our ability to celebrate others.

Three Principles

• The three threats to becoming the best versions of ourselves are cynicism, complaining, and comparison.
• Comparison is rooted in jealousy, whereas comparing is rooted in the desire to make positive changes.
• When we begin to become someone we are not, this indicates we have fallen into the comparison trap.

Three Practices

• Invest your energy learning from those who possess the qualities you desire rather than investing your energy feeling upset with what you don’t have.
• Focus on becoming the best version of yourself rather than becoming more like someone else.
• Reinvest the time you spend on social media with positive choices that will create the changes you envy in others.