Episode Details

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss the problem of comparing yourself with other founders. Sometimes, we look at the success of others and immediately think we’re falling behind. We always compare ourselves to others without even realizing that we all had a different head start and were influenced by varied outside factors. Remember, success is a process, and we go through it in different phases. 

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:20 How to level up
• 02:51 Stop comparing yourself with other founders
• 05:43 The milestones doesn’t end
• 08:24 We all grow differently
• 11:20 It might look similar – but it’s totally different
• 12:47 Sometimes the right decision is not the right direction
• 14:31 Comparison kills progress
• 17:30 Even the most successful people still fails
• 21:04 Stay around for a long time
• 23:41 You’re only entitled to your own outcome
• 25:06 All accomplishments are fleeting
• 28:16 The benchmark paradigm shift
• 30:33 Focusing on the money
• 33:58 Comparing your startup with another startup with the same services