Was dealing with the issue of focus this week and I came across this portion of an article by trainer and lecturer Brian Tracy that I thought was worth sharing.
As we get down to the end of the year and review our progress and make plans for next year it would be good to keep this info in mind to keep from over or under critiquing...
STAY FOCUSED ON YOU Make certain that your goals are not measured in comparison with others'. Avoid the tendency to measure your own progress by looking over the fence at greener pastures. There are many others who have started a little earlier than you, and you may become discouraged if you see them harvesting success when some of your seeds are barely in the ground. Comparison rarely benefits anyone. You'll always be able to find someone smarter, younger, older, wiser, richer, more clever, better looking, or working harder or more effectively than you are.
When you make comparisons in which you place yourself beneath others, you're in for a discouragement that will keep you procrastinating and perhaps even from seriously pursuing your life goals. You can also find others who don't measure up to what you have become or are aspiring to be. Avoid the tendency to compare yourself with them as well. You will lower your goals and settle for average when you could have excellence. You may come to think that you deserve more success than others or that success lies ahead for you no matter what you do. Both are false assumptions.
Success isn't a pie with a limited number of pieces. The success of others has very little bearing on your own success. You and everyone you know can become successful without anyone suffering setbacks, harm, or downturns. Neither is your success measured by what others say or accomplish. Only you can truly define your success, and only you can measure it.
Denis Waitley
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Wrap it up right and kick 2008 off strong.
Best wishes for success,
