Chad SilversteinBuilt To Lead · Entrepreneur , Advisor, & Thought Leader

Never Compare Your Insides to Someone Else's Outsides

Name: Never Compare Your Insides to Someone Else's Outsides
Uploaded: 2025-08-27T16:02:18+00:00
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Channel: Chad Silverstein
Description: Chad Silverstein argues that comparing yourself to others is pointless because everyone has different paths and goals. The only comparison that matters…

27 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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Chad Silverstein argues that comparing yourself to others is pointless because everyone has different paths and goals. The only comparison that matters is with your past self. He calls GPA metrics like 4.0 and 4.5 meaningless and urges parents and mentors to measure progress by looking backward, not sideways.

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not to compare your insides to someone's outsides. You shouldn't be comparing yourself to anyone anyways. I think everyone's on a different path. Everybody has a different aim. Everybody comes from a different place. And if you are keeping score and you're comparing yourself to other people, you're in for a world of hurt. And the only person that you should be comparing yourself to is yourself in the past. This is why education in school drives me nuts, because they go crazy about 4.0, 4.0, and now they have 4.5s and 4.8s. It's ridiculous. Meanwhile, it means nothing, and the 4.8s are usually working for people who have a 2.0. You know, I always tell my kids, you know, let's look backwards, measure backwards. Where were you last year? How'd you do last quarter? And how far have you come? And that's the comparison that you're after, not your friend, not the girl who's in the class or the guy who's in the AP. And, and I think that's a— it's an important lesson at work and in life.