Comparison is a killer.

If you set goals based on where everyone else is at (and usually aiming to be a little better than average, because you’re worth it) a few things happen:

Tomorrow, someone else will do the same thing and you’ll have become the new norm. So it never lasts.
If we all do it, we’ll just make things more expensive for everyone.

This can apply everywhere from wedding planning to your shoes, from your haircut to your kid’s school, from your holiday destination to the next book you read, from your school grades to your salary.

Instead of comparison, just set simple goals. Goals based on enough.

Thanks to Seth for the inspiration for today’s post.

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