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πŸ’‘ Turning Jealousy Into Empowerment

β€’ Lisa Hopkins, Wide Open Stages β€’ Season 13 β€’ Episode 26

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Introduction to Comparison and Jealousy

Speaker 1

Hey, there, this week, inside the room where it happens, you'll hear an aha moment where my client realizes there is no comparison because she is completely unique. Jealousy creeps in when we compare. But what if that feeling isn't jealousy, it's recognition, a glimpse of what's possible. For you, this one's all about turning comparison into empowerment. For you, this one's all about turning comparison into empowerment, transforming judgment and owning your individuality.

Speaker 2

Let's dive in Well yeah, and that makes a lot of sense right Comparison is the enemy of growth, right?

There Is No Comparison

Speaker 1

Absolutely yeah. So when you notice something, usually it's because you see yourself in that. So when you see someone doing something and you start to feel a little bit I don't know jealous or envious or whatever, you know, it's really good to tap into yourself and go no, no, that's, that's, that's cool. And what is it that I find cool about that? It's not going to be the same as what other people think is cool. So your brand of whatever it is you do, there is room for you. 100. There's room for you because you've got your own, you know, your own style, your own way of being yeah, thank you for saying that.

Speaker 2

Yeah, that's definitely a big thing too that I've been trying to like. Yeah, I don't have to compare myself to people.

Speaker 1

Well, there is no comparison.

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Converting Jealousy to Awareness

Speaker 1

Period. We're all unique, right? I think once we recognize that, you know not, that we want to be unique and therefore separate ourselves from everybody else and stand out from everybody else See, that's ego. When you recognize other people's brilliance and other people's uniqueness, then you grow your own.

Speaker 2

Yeah, I really like how you said that too Finding what you like about this other person. Are you envious of this person, or is there something like a quality in them that you see or that you enjoyed about yourself? I think about that sometimes too, when I'm just like that's a media. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's I think about that sometimes too.

True Empowerment vs. Showing Off

Speaker 1

And I'm just like that's a media and like yeah, yeah, yeah, it's really a flag for potential. So when you feel jealousy, you can convert that to go. Wait, I'm not jealous, I'm aware that I could do that and you know you could. Then, you know, fall into the whole victim mentality of all the reasons why you can't. Why, well, they can. But the reason they can is because I don't know, they're rich or they're whatever. You know you fill in all the blanks or they're lucky, or you know and it's like no, I can you know, and it's up to me, and that's where that's ownership.

Speaker 1

that's empowerment. Empowerment is not doing something and then showing off. That's not empowerment.

Speaker 2

Look what I did.

Speaker 1

Empowerment is feeling like that, feeling like you know, gosh, I'm jealous owning it. Why am I jealous? Getting curious right, dissolving the jealousy by recognizing that actually maybe I'm not living up to my potential, not in a bad way, like bad me, but like. And then you ask yourself the question do I want to step up? It's up to me. If I don't, that's okay, but the choice is in me. But all this bullshit comparison is not helping anybody, especially you yeah, yeah 100%.