Comparison is the thief of Joy

Name: Comparison is the thief of Joy
Uploaded: 2023-01-16T21:08:24+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Jake Burhans
Description: This content was created by Jake Burhans. This content was uploaded by Jake Burhans. This is a YouTube video titled "Comparison is the thief of Joy"…

16 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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This content was created by Jake Burhans. This content was uploaded by Jake Burhans. This is a YouTube video titled "Comparison is the thief of Joy" (created 2023-01-16) featuring Jake Burhans delivering a short solo reflection/motivational talk. In the excerpt he quotes "Comparison is the thief of joy" and discusses how comparing oneself to others is unhelpful because people start from different circumstances, resources, and opportunities, advising listeners to compare only to their past selves.

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This is definitely one of my favorite quotes of all time. "Comparison is the thief of joy." And it really is just the truth. It's so easy for me to compare myself to someone else who's in the business, who's maybe 2022, already has like a million-dollar business. And I'm just like, "Why don't I have a million-dollar business?" But it's like, we came up in different circumstances. They started at a completely different point than I did. They have— they had different resources, different advantages, different disadvantages. So you really can only just compare yourself to where you were before. Because comparing to someone else's irrelevant. They just had completely different circumstances. They came up differently and they had different opportunities.