Grant Baldwin’s Blog

It’s human nature to compare ourselves to others.  We want to know how we stack up or how we rank. 

Teenagers compare themselves to other teenagers.  Clothes, grades, friends, status…it all figures in.  Parents compare their kids to other peoples’ kids.  Sales people want to know how their numbers rank against their co-workers or competitors.

I’m no different.  I’m guilty of comparing myself to other speakers or young business people.  I want to feel successful like anyone else.  The problem though is that sometimes we turn to other’s success as a measuring stick for our own.  But that’s not fair. 

Comparing yourself to others is pointless.  You may not have their bank account, their grades, their status, their looks, or whatever else you’re comparing yourself to. 

But you do have yours.  And that’s what’s important. 

Be proud of who you are and stop cheapening your own life by comparing it to others.         

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