Forget Comparisons

Nothing is more demoralizing than comparing yourself to others. Your individual progress can only be reasonably measured against your own past behavior or performance. Resist the urge to seek others or the standards of others to determine your own success. Emphasize contrasting the way you exercise and eat better now than you did a month ago. See how much sleeker you look in the mirror than you did last year. Your best tool in determining your own progress is to look at the changes you have made and continue to challenge yourself to be better. Nothing demises success more quickly than a comparison to others as there will always be someone thinner or fitter than you.