A business owner from Kearney once came to me frustrated because he felt overshadowed by competitors. He compared their marketing, their branding, their team sizes, even the awards they posted online. He said, “Isaiah, I feel like I can’t keep up. Everyone else seems so far ahead.”
I let him talk until the frustration ran out of his voice. Then I asked, “How much time do you spend comparing yourself to others?” He sighed and said, “Too much.” I nodded. Then I asked the question that stopped him cold: “How much time do you spend becoming the best version of you?”
His silence answered everything.
Comparison clouds calling. Nebraska has countless businesses, but only one of him. The moment he realized that his mission didn’t have to look like anyone else’s, his posture changed. We started focusing on his strengths his empathy, his personal touch, the way he serves customers like family, the quiet excellence he carries even when no one’s watching.
Within weeks, he stopped measuring himself by others’ progress and started honoring his own. Instead of competing outwardly, he started competing inwardly becoming more patient, more strategic, more purposeful, more aligned.
Months later he said, “Isaiah, I don’t even pay attention to what they’re doing anymore. I’m too focused on becoming who God called me to be.” And his growth skyrocketed not because he outperformed others, but because he finally outgrew the version of himself that lived in comparison.
Nebraska doesn’t need another version of someone else. It needs a fully realized version of you.
If comparison is stealing your confidence, I’d love to help you return to the path meant for you.
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