Stop Comparing Yourself to Others (Follow YOUR Purpose)

If you were to be completely honest with yourself, how often would you admit that you spend comparing yourself - any part of your life - to someone else? Perhaps you compare different areas or parts of your life to theirs. Their house? Car? Job? Relationship? Vacations? Looks? 

Most of us would not want to admit such but, the truth is, that we likely DO compare ourselves to others in some way from time to time. 

Make sure you read the above graphic and follow what it says. 

   1. Do NOT waste one more minute comparing yourself to other people

   2. This journey is YOURS alone

   3. God needs you to fulfill YOUR purpose - not to try to fulfill someone else's

Listen, our young people really struggle with this - comparing themselves to others and, often, feeling that they come up short. They will then, also, relate that to the fact that they are just not "good enough". 

Here's the thing: it's hard for us to help them avoid such mind games if we are doing the same thing. You DO KNOW they see right through things that you think they'd never notice, RIGHT??

You gain NOTHING by comparing yourself to others. Absolutely nothing. 

If you haven't read the previous articles in this series, be sure to do so...especially the last one where the fact that NO ONE ELSE IS LIKE YOU. And, friend, that makes you pretty awesome!

One of the things that I talk about in the podcast is the fact that we don't know everything about those with which we may compare ourselves. Be sure and take a listen (link below) because, again, though I talk about the same topic, there are different thoughts discussed there.

Here's the kicker: There are others out there that are you looking at you and they are comparing themselves to YOU and they wish they had your talents and abilities or...fill in the blank.

So, why don't we all just be the best that we can be and live OUR purpose - not anyone else's - and live that life of purpose with passion?

That would be pretty cool, right? 

Yes, as a matter of fact, it would be pretty cool and it IS pretty cool. 

So, do THAT and, as you do so, always be sure to...

"Make it an AWESOME day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"

Mike

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"I Can't Even Imagine..."

I know there are times that I have said that exact thing, "I can't even imagine..." and I'm sure you have as well.

There have been times when I have said it that dealt with a family that had a child die from a disease or some other unexpected happening. When I say, "I can't even imagine what that would be like as a parent" I am telling the truth. I have 3 sons, 2 daughters-in-law and 2 precious little grand babies. I honestly can't even imagine what it would be like to lose any of those.

And then, there are times when I use that phrase in relationship to OTHER things that are beyond my grasp of possibility.

Money is one of those as I'm sure it is for you.

The "unimaginable" in this area is becoming more and more "imaginable" as I learn more and more and associate with successful people more than I used to.

You may remember that, recently, I talked about Bob Proctor saying that we, as humans, have "infinite potential" in so many areas but especially in the area of possible income.

 

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Unimaginable.

Here's my question for you: If numbers you see and/or hear are unimaginable ("I can't even imagine that!"), are you willing to "stretch your imagination" and see that, indeed, it IS possible or will you keep your mind CLOSED to those possibilities.

And, friend, this applies to MANY areas of life - not just financial.

So, the choice is yours...live a life OPEN to the POSSIBILITIES or live a life CLOSED to what is possible and, likely, live a closed life that shuts others out.

Again, it's up to you.

Decide and take action (again, NOT doing anything is an action in and of itself).

I hope you will chose to EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS so that you, indeed, can...

"Make it an AWESOME day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"

Mike

UNLIMITED Potential!

I like what the image says, don't you?

 

We doubt so much about our lives. Many, not all, of us DOUBT that we have what it takes to be a SUCCESS.

 

We tend to MAGNIFY our limits and MINIMIZE our potential.

 

We should flip-flop that and do just the opposite... MINIMIZE our limits and MAGNIFY our potential.

 

It's UNLIMITED.

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I can tell you that. You can read it over and over again.

 

But only YOU can take it to heart and allow it to grow in your mind and in your life.

 

And, remember, you CAN do just that because you have UNLIMITED potential.

 

Soak in that for a while and, as you do, always be sure to...

 

"Make it an AWESOME day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"

 

Mike

You Are Wired for GREATNESS!

Now, as hard as you may find this to be true about yourself, it is TRUE anyway!

Regardless of the mess that you have made of your life – it is STILL true. You are wired for GREATNESS!

Regardless of what others may have said about you all of your life – it is STILL true. You are wired for GREATNESS!

It’s hard to overcome such harshness if it’s been directed toward you for years. It’s hard to overcome your own perceived failures in life. I say “perceived” because the only REAL failure is the failure to continue to try to improve.

Failure comes only when you quit and give in to despair.

I’ll be talking a LOT more about this in the blogs to come but for now, just once, let this little voice inside speak TRUTH to you. Do you hear it? Block everything else out, it’s there.

Listen.

“You – yes YOU – are wired for GREATNESS!”


“Make it an AWESOME day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)”
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"We're Not in Kansas Anymore"

The Wizard of Oz.

What a classic movie and what a famous line from that movie when Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, are  introduced to the magical land of Oz.

Now friends, if you are like me and have a few years on you, you realize that the world we live in today is NOTHING like the world we lived in 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago (that’s as far as I can go!). We’re not even living in the same world that we were living in 5 years ago!

Just consider the pay that professional athletes “earn” today compared to what they did several years ago. It’s UNREAL and something that, “back in the day”, would have been considered IMPOSSIBLE at that time.

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So, is personal income. Now, you may say, “No, Mike, my personal income hasn’t done anything spectacular in some time now.” Although that may be true, the income that you make is FAR ABOVE AND BEYOND what was considered even possible 30 – 40 years ago.

I heard Bob Proctor say on a video today that we all have “infinite potential”.

In other words, no one knows – there is NO LIMIT – on what you and I can accomplish in our lives. I don’t know about you but THAT EXCITES ME and challenges me to STEP UP and STEP OUT from my limiting mindset.

So, consider that thought and share with me what you discover about yourself and your own limiting mindset that needs to be OPENED to the INFINITE possibilities that await us all.

WOW!

And as you do so, be sure to…

“Make it an AWESOME day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)”

Mike

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