Stop Comparing Your Results to Others' (Especially to Gurus)- Devon Brown

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Stop Comparing Your Results to Others’ (Especially to “Gurus”)
There’s a big difference between trying to replicate someone’s success and comparing your results to their success.
Trying to replicate someone’s success (like a guru’s) can cut down your learning curve and get you farther down the road to success faster. BUT comparing your results to theirs is a mistake!
In fact, comparing results is one of the biggest mistakes people make when trying to succeed at something new. Let me explain why this is such a big mistake and how to avoid it.
What Am I Doing Wrong?
I was talking on the phone the other day with one of my students who’s learning about affiliate marketing.
He was telling me how he’s building his list and starting to see a few sales. I started to get really excited for him and was about to congratulate him when he dropped a “BUT…”
He said, “I’m starting to get some sales BUT everything I see online, everybody’s making more than me. What am I doing wrong?”
I asked him what he meant, and he started listing out how “THIS GUY on Facebook and THIS GAL on a Webinar and even DEVON BROWN made this much in a day and this much in a week, and I only made…”
“ERRRRR, STOP RIGHT THERE!” (And yes, I even made the screeching noise) “I can tell you right now what you’re doing wrong.”
I left him in suspense for a few moments and then said, “Your mistake is comparing yourself to others!”
Needless to say, it wasn’t the answer he wanted to hear, but it was definitely the answer he needed to hear. And it’s what most people need to hear whenever they try something new.
Why Comparing Your Results to Others’ is a Mistake
Whether it’s trying to eat healthier, lose weight, learn a new skill, or make money in a new venture, comparing your results to others’ will only result in discouragement, frustration, and (in most cases) giving up.
This is especially true when that other person is a guru in their field, and here is why…
You are comparing your success to people who have likely failed more times than you have tried!
Do you think that affiliate marketer you follow made $1,000 in his first months? Or that fitness guru lost weight the first time they bought a gym membership? Or that artist created a masterpiece just months after practicing?
Of course not!
You shouldn’t compare your results to theirs because they’re not showing you all of their failures… they’re only showing you their successes.
Best-Case Scenario vs. Industry Average
What you see online, especially with gurus, is the best-case scenario. In most cases, they are the exception to the rule.
In fact, them being the exception to the rule is why they are considered gurus in the first place!
The vast, vast, vast majority of people in any industry or endeavor don’t get any results. You’re only seeing the small percentage that is successful.
Let me explain by using affiliate marketing again as an example…
Most people who try affiliate marketing make zero money. Only a select few turn some kind of profit, and even a more select few turn a substantial profit.
It is safe to say that 80% of people who try affiliate marketing completely fail. Out of the 20% who achieve some form of result, only 1% achieve huge success.
Those percentages apply to most ventures! Just think about it… how many people do you know who’ve tried to lose weight have reached a fitness guru level? Probably not even 1%!
Here is the lesson:
You cannot look at the results others are getting and think that’s the industry average.
In almost every case, the industry average is failure! So, if you’ve experienced any degree of success, you are doing better than 80% of others out there. Stop comparing yourself to the 1%!
I know you’re thinking that you want to be the exception. You want the best-case scenario. So, how do I do that, Devon?!
Well, the first step is to celebrate every small achievement. Celebrate that first dollar, then celebrate the next dollar, and the next.
The next step to achieving exceptional success is to…
Stay Consistent!
Stop Comparing Your Results to Others' (Especially to Gurus)- Devon Brown
Stop Comparing Your Results to Others' (Especially to Gurus)- Devon Brown

[@randymartin2396]

Thank you Devon that is where I am AND I know sooner or later things will go my way

[@jonmcneil8458]

Great video Devon! You’re always dropping dimes bro. Keep up the good work.

[@DevonBrownTV]

Thank you so much!

[@jonmcneil8458]

@@DevonBrownTV Your response was like 1 year later but better late then never right lol..

[@DevonBrownTV]

@@jonmcneil8458 hahaha!