Ep 370: For When You're Comparing Yourself To Your Coach, Your Peers or Industry Experts

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When it comes to how you approach your business tasks, do you compare yourself to your coach or others who ‘know better’ than you? Does it feel wrong to do things your way, because it’s not how the industry experts you look up to do things?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When we compare ourselves to others, it often happens subtly and can influence how we work on our business without us realising it. This can include the projects we work on, the way we talk to clients, and so many aspects of our business.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">People say we shouldn’t compare ourselves to others, but</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">I know as well as anyone how tempting it is to try to fit in with what everyone else is doing in your industry. It’s how our brains are wired.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So if you find you’re comparing yourself to others in business, now what?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I recently coached a PGSDer on this and I want to share what I guided her through so you can do things in a way that’s easy for you - without making yourself wrong for doing things your way.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By the end of this episode, you’ll learn what to do if you’re comparing yourself to others who ‘know better’, why doing things the way others do isn’t the ‘best’ way for you, and how to be open-minded and coachable while doing things your way.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find the full episode transcript and show notes at samlaurabrown.com/episode370.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>In This Episode You’ll Learn:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What to do if you’re comparing yourself to your coach or others who ‘know better’</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to stop making yourself wrong for doing things your way</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400