04 Nov Susan’s Sound Advice #62
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 riding a roller coaster. Perhaps we are feeling pretty good about our appearanceand 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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