Dr. Tabatha Barber says comparing yourself to others triggers a negative spiral. She uses the metaphor of a horse in blinders to explain why you need to focus on your own path instead of measuring against others, and warns that this matters especially for women.
I was sharing this in our Monday Fast to Faith call just this week about how quickly you go shopping on a busy day and there's 100 people in the dressing line. You start comparing yourself. Should I even be trying that on? What am I doing buying this? Blah blah blah. And you spiral down. And so you have to run your own race. God gives us our own races. We got to put our little horse blinders on the side so we're not comparing that That's where you— and it's hard because I encourage women to share their stories with each other and learn from each other, but there's a difference between that and comparing yourself in your situation to another woman. Exactly.
