04 Nov Susan’s Sound Advice #61
Nothing chips
away at our self-confidence more than the habit of scanning the people
around us to see how we compare. We look to
see if someone else is better looking, taller,
or dressed better. And, if we do, we are devastated. It’s like ridinga roller coaster. Perhaps
we are feeling pretty good about our
appearance and then we find ourselves in the company of someone
with stunningly good looks. Suddenly we feel
ugly and want to disappear. Or perhaps we know
we have above-average intelligence, but we happen
to be at dinner with people who are even
smarter. Then we believe that everything we say is dumb. This is a habit that needs to stop. Remember this: We are absolutely
unique. We are the product of 23
chromosomes from our mother and 23
chromosomes from our father, and geneticists
say that the odds of our parents having
another child like us are one in 10 to the
two-billionth power. Embrace your uniqueness and stop demeaning yourself
with comparison to others.
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