Comparing is about as helpful as adding a tablespoon of salt to a lake to make it a saltwater lake.
You get the satisfaction of being right, but it doesn’t quite matter to your overall mission.
Plus, it’s as easy to compare two things to make you happy as it is to make you sad.
That lake compared to your cup of tap water is much saltier, but compared to the ocean …
Better to focus more on why you started on your journey and if you’re making more of an impact than you were a month ago then it is to compare to another’s journey.
There’s no merit in relating your chapter 5 to someone else’s chapter 25.
Stay Positive & Keep On Keeping On
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Garth Beyer is a Certified Cicerone®, Senior Content Specialist at Encompass Technologies, owner of Garth's Brew Bar and a Madison-based freelance writer.
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