247: Eyes On Your Own Work
CONSISTENT by Primal Potential
Elizabeth Benton
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2016
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
I'm sure you've heard that comparison is the thief of joy yet most of us manufacture insecurity & shame by comparing ourselves to others.
In today's episode we're talking about why it's so important to keep your eyes on your own work but also HOW to do it. It seems like we almost automatically compare ourselves to others.
Plus, when we stop comparing and pay attention to ourselves, we are often confronted by negative thinking & judgement.
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Eyes On Your Own Work (And How To Stop Comparing)
In today's episode, I explain the dangers of comparing yourself to other people. Frankly, they have NOTHING to do with you and your journey.
See, when we focus our attention on other people, we can't be focused on ourselves and the opportunities in front of us to grow, improve and take action.
The only journey that matters is your journey. Any time or energy spent on someone else's journey is time wasted.
One of the reasons we focus on others is because we aren't comfortable focusing on ourselves.
When we focus on ourselves and our journey, we often face negativity, shame and judgement.
It feels far more comfortable to judge others than to judge ourselves and face our own challenges.
First, it's dangerous to look away from your own journey.
Second, if you change your attitude about yourself & your journey, you will dramatically change your trajectory.
You must keep your eyes on your own work and you must improve your perspective about your journey.
Don't miss today's episode for HOW to change your perspective on your journey.
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The first 3 episodes reflecting on lessons learned about life & fat loss through yoga can be found here, here and here.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Primal Potential and I am your host, Elizabeth Benton. |
| 0:06.6 | Through education, motivation, and implementation, we will bridge the gap between knowing and |
| 0:13.7 | doing so we can master fat loss naturally and help you reach your highest potential. |
| 0:21.3 | Let's get started. |
| 0:24.5 | Hello everybody and welcome back to the Primal Potential podcast. |
| 0:28.8 | I am Elizabeth Benton. I hope you are having a great day and I hope that it continues to get better |
| 0:35.4 | as you listen to today's episode. But before we dive in, I want to just ask if you have listened yet |
| 0:42.5 | to episodes 235, 239, and 241. If you have not, you might want to go back and listen to those. |
| 0:51.2 | That's 235, 239, and 241. Here's why. Back in 235, I introduce to you this |
| 0:58.2 | personal challenge that I've given myself. Really kind of about slowing down my mind and doing |
| 1:04.4 | something that I'm not comfortable doing and that is 45 hot yoga classes in 45 days. I'm not a |
| 1:10.9 | yogi. Yoga is new to me as of this challenge. They're 90 minutes each. So we're talking about 68 |
| 1:17.1 | hours of yoga in 45 days. And interestingly, while I love the physical challenge, it's very different |
| 1:24.3 | from my typical weight training and high intensity interval workouts. It's very, very different. |
| 1:29.9 | I love the physical challenge, but what I like more is the learning, the mental challenges. |
| 1:38.8 | What I'm learning about fat loss that has nothing to do with actual yoga practice itself, |
| 1:44.9 | but the mindset required for yoga. What I'm learning about self-discipline and motivation and progress. |
| 1:51.6 | And in episodes 235, 239, and 241, I'm sharing some of those lessons with you, and I'll continue |
| 1:58.4 | to do that today. But for example, in 235, I talk about staying on your mat, which outside of the yoga |
| 2:06.2 | classroom is about not drifting from the process. I know so many of us struggle with sort of this |
| 2:12.1 | on again, off again challenge and feeling like we are either on track or off track. And when we're |
| 2:18.4 | off track, we tend to kind of put our fingers in our ears, la la la la, I'm not listening and not |
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