JS031 SOCIAL COMPARISON Theory: Mental barriers of SUCCESS (Part 2)

03/17/16 • 8 min

There are two types of comparisons that we do: Downward comparisons (with those who seem to have it worse than we do). Upward comparisons (with people who seem to have it better than us) and

Making downward comparisons often make us feel better about ourselves and our accomplishments. But when we make upward comparisons....continue reading

There are two types of comparisons that we do: Downward comparisons (with those who seem to have it worse than we do). Upward comparisons (with people who seem to have it better than us) and

Making downward comparisons often make us feel better about ourselves and our accomplishments. But when we make upward comparisons....continue reading

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JS030 PERFECTIONISM: Mental barriers of SUCCESS (Part 1)

Perfectionism can result from a rigid mindset in which you don’t change your expectations based on present situation your are in. For example, you started a business or a creative endeavor, you set certain standards and expectations for your business. But now as you get into this business even further or going deep into the creative process, you realize that only if you had access to extra resource things would be even better.

Now, in order to obtain these resources you start focusing on ways to get more resources so you can achieve the standards and expectations you had initially set for this product....continue reading

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JS032 EXCUSES: Mental barriers of SUCCESS (Part 3)

Today we will be talking about excuses and yes we all make excuses everything single day. Standard excuses we make usually are like, my dog ate my homework, or telling your friend that you are busy, but really what you feeling like is staying in and watching Netflix. We are not talking about those excuses, even though too many of those are not good either.

Excuse we will be discussing are the excuses made by Entrepreneurs, Professionals and Creatives that hold them back from achieving greatness. These are the excuses of not following through, or excuses that are direct result of bad planning...continue reading