20 Reasons You Should Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

Meanwhile, failures don’t hurt as much. You can look at them for exactly what they are — no less but also no more. Before, you made a huge deal out of small failures because you just kept thinking about how much further that put you behind somebody else. When you compare yourself to somebody else, you don’t really focus on your work. All you think about is how quick you are, or aren’t, seeing results compared to the other person. It’s distracting and can lead to poor quality work.