(3 Mins) How to Handle Comparison

Going to a neighbor’s home, learning the good news of a colleague or friend, seeing another parent’s distance learning/homeschool photo on Instagram, being in awe of someone else’s progress — comparison is like a mosquito bite you didn’t see coming that a takes a bite of your self esteem. Over time it unconsciously keeps you playing small and feeling never good enough. What’s scary is if you are active on social media - imagine how many times in a day or week you may be comparing yourself to others and what that is holding you back from over time?

In the How We Rise “whole life leadership” program, I teach that mental health is your #1 leadership department and “comparison” is one of the big limiting barriers to name and own. Let me share a tool that I have used to combat comparison for years.