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The Danger of Comparing Your Biz to Others’
By Nan Gomez | June 17, 2008
Personally speaking it’s really easy to begin comparing my level of success to that of another virtual assistant who opened her doors the same time I did. This is a very damaging thing to do!
Everything happens and everyone grows in different time frames. We each have our own personal challenges to overcome, our own individual goals and standards that we aim for at different times in our business venture. It’s important to remember that. I have to remind myself of that. Just because someone else seems to be doing better or getting more clients doesn’t mean I’m not doing a great job with the clients I do have.
Sometimes it’s personality. Someone shy has a harder time initiating a job offer where as someone who is outgoing will have no problem doing that at all. Just like our children, we all grow at different stages and times in our lives and so do our business so, just as we wouldn’t compare our children to other children don’t do it to your business either.
As long and you and I do our best and give our businesses our all that is all we can do and you need to remember that and so do I. 
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June 21st, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Very good points here Nan. You are so right. It can really be easy to get sucked into “Hmm why aren’t I doing x, y, z…” Everyone grows at different rates and sometimes work comes to us in spurts but as long as you are doing your best and keeping your eyes on your goals — anything is possible
June 29th, 2008 at 10:52 am
This is something I have to tell myself all the time. But seeing someone else’s success can often be the motivation I need to work harder or to try something different in my own business.
Great points!
July 1st, 2008 at 12:42 am
I totally agree. I also had to stop myself from doing things that other VA’s were doing if it wasn’t time in my business. Like upping my rates for one thing. It’s sooooo tempting to raise rates when you see everyone else doing it, but I had to look at my experience, skills and timing and decide if it was good for my business at that time.