ANCHOR
The curse of comparison.
WALL
Scroll social media long enough and you'll see everyone's best views and best reels lined up next to yours. That's the curse of comparison. My advice? Just stop it.
SNAP
Comparing yourself to someone who's done it hundreds of times isn't healthy. They've practiced, improvised, and iterated over and over again. Measuring your day one against their year ten borders on insanity, and you'll never get the results you're comparing against. It's a lost cause.
But here's the shift: the people you admire can still guide you. Don't compare yourself to them. Learn from them. Let them give you direction and influence how you work.
NEXTSTEP
So here's my challenge. Sit down and pick someone you admire. Look at what they've done and what they've accomplished. Then trace their path: where they started, the journey they took, and what they did to reach their goals. If you can, connect with them and follow along.
Use them as an example of what's next for you, on your own vision and your own terms of success. Follow a few people like that.
Then hit reply and tell me who you admire, and who's guiding your path.
What's the nextstep? Next.
This is the Nextstep Method: Anchor, Wall, Snap, Nextstep. For more, follow Nextstep Notes every Thursday.