What I’m about to tell you might make you uncomfortable.

The comparison game you’ve been playingMeasuring your chapter three against someone else’s chapter twenty

It was never designed for you to win.

Not because the world is against you.But because your mind is running a game with rules that guarantee you lose.

In this episode of Daily Power Boost, Shawn Michael exposes the design flaw behind comparison.

You’re not comparing fairly.You’re comparing your internal experience to someone else’s external appearance.Your doubt to their confidence.Your behind-the-scenes to their stage.

And the result is predictable.

Comparison isn’t dangerous because other people are ahead. It’s dangerous because the thought pattern turns their progress into proof that you’re behind.

This episode reframes comparison as a thought-created distortion, not a verdict about your worth or trajectory. And it introduces a powerful alternative. Rooting yourself in your own direction first.

Because when you know your lane, someone else’s success becomes data. Not a threat.

In This Episode

* Why comparison feels so convincing from the inside

* The hidden rule that makes the game unwinnable

* How comparison turns inspiration into inadequacy

* The difference between unconscious comparison and conscious evaluation

* Why clarity about your own direction changes everything

* A personal story about detours, timing, and compersion

✦ Reflection Prompts

* Who have I been comparing myself to lately?

* Do I actually want what they have, or do I just not want to feel behind?

* What would I be building right now if I had never seen their work?

* Is their progress data, or have I turned it into a verdict?

* Where is my own lane asking me to refocus?

✦ The Boost (Action Step)

Run the Comparison Reset.

Choose one person you’ve been measuring yourself against.

Ask:“Do I want what they have, or do I just hate feeling behind?”

Then ask:“What would I build if I had never seen their scoreboard?”

Write that answer down.

That direction. The one that exists before comparison.That’s yours.

Go there.

✦ On the Next Episode

The Comparison Trap: Why Measuring Yourself Against Others Is Costing You the One Race That Actually Matters

Because clarity about direction eventually requires transformation in identity.

✦ If Today’s Episode Sparked Something…

* Share it with someone stuck in comparison mode

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✦ Engage With Me Online

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* LinkedIn: @coachinguatemala

✦ References & Influences

* The Three Principles — understanding how thought shapes perception

* Sydney Banks — Mind, Consciousness, and Thought

* Michael Neill — insight-based clarity and performance

* Social comparison theory (Leon Festinger) — how humans evaluate themselves relative to others

* Leadership psychology on identity, direction, and intrinsic motivation

With strength and heart,❤️🔥 Shawn MichaelStay close.