When you look around at what other business owners are doing it’s easy to fall into the trap of comparing your business to theirs. But don’t do it.
Comparison is a circle of doom and it’s toxic. When you look outside of yourself at what others are doing it distracts you from what you want to accomplish.
“Think about it—who’s minding your business if you’re busy minding someone else’s?” Byron Katie
In the video below I’ll give you tips on how you can avoid the pitfall of comparison.
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“Staying in my own business is a full-time job.” Byron Katie
How do you avoid comparison? Share your thoughts and questions in the comments section below. I respond to every single comment.
This is a simple but interesting topic. I am always tempted to check my competitor’s activities, which sometimes give me a huge destruction as you pointed out But should I stop completely ignoring it? Maybe not. I think we sometimes learn good practice from competitors. My question is how much we should ignore the competitive activities.
Great point, Toshi. I agree, you can learn things from competitors. The key point I was trying to make is that comparison can leave a person feeling negative about her business which is energy that can better be spent focussing on making her own business succeed. Thank you for sharing.