Don’t Study Successful People Unless You’re Willing To Look at the Whole Picture
Otherwise, it’s not a fair comparison
As much as I love success stories and look up to people who have accomplished seemingly impossible things, I also kind of hate them sometimes.
I’m sure I don’t need to tell you why.
You’ve probably experienced this for yourself.
You’re driving home, listening to James Clear’s amazing book, Atomic Habits. Everything’s wonderful. You’re intrigued and captivated, intensely focused. You feel motivated and energized, excited to take it all in.
But then he gives a rundown of his biggest accomplishments to date, rhyming off milestone after milestone like it’s nothing.
Suddenly, all the life has drained from your body. You feel empty and hollow.
I know I’m not the only one who’s had this experience.
But what happened?
That human tendency we all have to compare. We constantly compare ourselves to others, our journeys to their journeys, their accomplishments to our “lack” of accomplishments.
I know exactly where it all went wrong for me. I can pinpoint the lines that caused my disposition to change. It was the timeline he shared.
