When we compare ourselves to others it points to one issue: lack of belief in self.
We don’t trust we can figure it out on our own.
We don’t believe we are doing it right.
We’re not sure if we are any good.
So...we use comparison to helps us answer these deeply important questions.
We look to others to tell us how to do life (parenting, work, relationships) vs. just looking inside our self.
You have the answers within you. If you truly believed that, there would be no need to compare.
Some of you might be saying, "…but I really don’t know how to sleep train my baby. I really don’t know what to do in my career. I really don’t know how to balance my life…"
Yes you do.
If you were all alone on a deserted island with no one to ask for advice, what would you do?
Something, right? You’d get creative. Think more deeply. Try and fail and try again.
And that something would eventually get your baby to sleep, your career on track and life’s priorities to be balanced (assuming you decided to leave the deserted island and go back to civilization).
Maybe not on the first attempt, but certainly on the second, third, or tenth.
When you trust that you are inherently good, right and can figure things out, you are more willing to simply put yourself out there, make a decision and go all-in.
The only person that knows how to live your life...is you.
Comparing yourself to others is actually holding you back. It’s keeping you in the middle of the pack and we both know you were made for more than just being in the middle.
Stop comparing. Start believing in yourself. And go all-in to life.
