Do you ever find yourself saying "if only I could ________ like _________?" You fill in the blank. I caught myself the other day, thinking if only I could run a meeting like so and so. As I thought about it some more, I realized that I was comparing myself with somebody who has much more experience and practice than I.
Comparing yourself to others can really be demoralizing. Instead, I like how its done in sports such as cross country and track. They keep track of your personal best. You compete against yourself.
My daughter was in cross country last year and she was down after a meet because she was almost in last place. So I suggested we look at her times instead of how she stacked up with the other kids. By the way, and this is pretty cool, the coaches would hand out a piece of paper to the students after each competition with their latest time and their past times. When we compared her time to past performances, we could see that she had improved and was continuing to improve. Your personal best- that is all you can do. And practice will improve your personal best always.
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