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The Harm In Comparing Yourself To Others

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Mind Your Own Business

We must ward off the tendency to compare ourselves with anyone else. We must resist the urge to compare where we are and what we are doing against the strides or failures of another. Comparison of self to others only feeds self-doubt. Self-doubt grows into self-defeat. I can’t begin to recall how many times growing …

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Celebrate Your Good Efforts

Stop comparing where you’re at with where everyone else is. It doesn’t move you farther ahead, improve your situation, or help you find peace. It just feeds your shame, fuels your feelings of inadequacy, and ultimately, it keeps you stuck. The reality is that there is no one correct path in life. Everyone has their …

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How To Respect Yourself In a Relationship

Whether you’re in a long-term relationship or something that is days old, there has to be respect involved. Yes, it’s true that being in a relationship calls for mutual respect and understanding, but at the core of it all, you must respect yourself. There’s nothing more important than feeling good about yourself and whether you …

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Pace Yourself

There you go again, glancing left and right to see how everybody else is doing. You are so busy taking note on that friend that got the dream job, that promotion or a raise in pay, or maybe you’re eying that friend who’s planning a wedding, or buying a brand new car or a house. …

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Focus on Your Own Story

(Post 3 of a 12 part series) Don’t be so satisfied with the success stories of others and how things have gone for them that you forget to write your own. And don’t compare your Chapter 1 to others. Unfold your own tale and bring it to life. You have everything you need to become …

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It’s not where you grow up, but how you grow up

If you grew up in a small town where there are no famous people walking around town, no busy streets and not much to do, yet you are a very happy secure person, people start to wonder about you. As they did Henry, who grew up in a small town of such, yet was thankful …

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