Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Focusing Your Energy

The other day I posted this observation to Twitter:
One of the most toxic things is trying to justify other people's success. Just do your thing and let them do theirs.

I am as guilty of this as the next person: "Jane can accomplish that because she has x, y, and z - whereas I only have y and z."  Cut it out. This way of thinking and living is debilitating.  What could you accomplish if you channeled even a tenth of the energy you spend on being bitter towards someone else because they were seemingly dealt a better hand, or because others "don't know what Jane is really like"?  What could you create with 10% of that energy if it were focused on making YOU better?

5 comments:

Simply Perfect Weddings said...

Awesome post! This is great advice and so very true!

Shelby O'Connell said...

Fabulous post!

Mrs. Newlywed said...

This is a great post. I think we've all been there, and it is a kind reminder that jealousy gets us nowhere.

rebekah said...

I had to unsubscribe to a lot of blogs for this very reason. I was too focused on what other people were doing instead of what I could do.

jaimeson said...

speak the truth ... this came at a perfect time for me - was just starting to get in this slump and this is just the reminder i needed to stay focused and on my own yellow brick road!