ATG 33: 5 simple ways to escape the comparison trap

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Jon Acuff

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🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Who’s that person you always compare yourself to? Maybe it’s some perfect mom you follow online? Or maybe it’s the coworker who actually got in better shape during the pandemic? The one that got the 8-pack of abs then had the audacity to also learn Italian, start a community garden for elderly orphans, and rescue five Corgi-German Shepherd mixes? You know who I’m talking about.

Social media has made it easier than ever to get caught in the trap of comparison, but there are a few actionable steps you can take to avoid it. Listen in for the 5 easiest ways to avoid comparison so that you can spend your energy focusing on your own growth and goals.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone and welcome to the All It Takes A Go podcast, the best place in the entire
0:07.0	world including all of Canada to learn how to build new thoughts, new actions, and new
0:11.8	results.
0:12.8	I'm your host John Akef and today I want to talk about comparison.
0:22.9	Do you ever compare yourself to someone else?
0:25.5	Maybe it's some perfect mom you follow online, maybe it's a coworker who actually
0:29.9	got in better shape during the pandemic.
0:32.1	Do you have that person in your life?
0:33.7	They say, oh, I got an eight pack of abs during the pandemic.
0:37.1	I was going to stop at six, I was, but those extra two were just right there and I love
0:41.5	me some burpees.
0:42.5	I also learned Italian, started a community garden for elderly orphans in my town and I rescued
0:48.0	five corgi German Shepherd mixes.
0:50.4	Have you seen those?
0:51.4	They're called Korman Shepherds and they're so sad because they have the mindset of a German
0:55.4	shepherd, just this overwhelming desire for physical prowess, but the body of a small
1:01.4	ottoman.
1:02.4	Sad, really.
1:03.4	That's what they tell you.
1:05.1	That's what they did during the pandemic and you look at your own life and go, yuck.
1:10.6	Maybe you compare yourself to a sibling or a friend or a neighbor or a celebrity.
1:14.7	There's someone.
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