Feeling stuck? UNmovitvated? UNable to move forward or to get stuff done?
In 2017, I had the great fortune of spending 2 days with Joseph McClendon III.
In many ways, you could say he is the science and psychology behind Tony Robbins. In fact, as a neuropsychologist he has a lot to teach us all. One of the most powerful techniques he shares is the his STOP technique.
Do you:
Compare yourself to everyone else’s Facebook status posts?
Measure your success against someone else’s or your own criteria?
Try to be the same as — or different from — someone else?
If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, then you are suffering from what I’ve come to call Comparanoia®. The good news is that there’s an antidote. But before I share the antidote, let me tell you what Comparanoia® is and, what it isn’t.
Comparing yourself to others, whether you come out ahead or behind, robs you of many things, the most notable of which is joy.
There are many reasons for this. For one, when you compare yourself to others, you’re comparing the worst of you to the best of them. Others, whether it be face-to-face or on social media, tend to display the highlight reels of their lives, and whose messy real-life can compare to someone’s edited curation? Growing up, when we’d drive through a wealthy neighborhood admiring the beautiful homes, my mom would tell me, you never know what’s going on inside. Everyone has their struggles.…
Do you:
Compare yourself to everyone else’s Facebook status posts?
Measure your success against someone else’s or your own criteria?
Try to be the same as — or different from — someone else?
If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, then you are suffering from what I’ve come to call Comparanoia®. The good news is that there’s an antidote. But before I share the antidote, let me tell you what Comparanoia® is and, what it isn’t.
