No need to worry!
As a young man trying to establish himself in the world, jealousy can sadly become a close friend. Several times, I have had to stop myself from getting upset about others’ successes. I often wonder, am I doing enough? This question can run around in my head like it is the Olympic 4 x 400-meter race! If I am not careful, I will always look to see if the grass is greener on the other side. Jealousy is not a good way to live, so I try to worry about what I can control, which is not very much. In my almost 25 years of living, I understand I can’t control other people or their decisions. It makes starting a podcast, blog, and small business difficult. Because the infamous question of, “Am I doing enough?” rears its ugly head at any moment!
When I first started, I was hurt by the amount of listens I was not receiving. I thought to myself, “I thought it was a great episode. What happened?” However, my content quality wasn’t the issue. The issue was no one knew what I was doing. Problem solved, right? Wrong! Once people knew what I was doing, my analytics went up, and things were getting better, or so it seemed. I thought I was creating better content, which is possible, but I think what happened was that others were sharing my podcast, and that allowed my numbers to go up. But it all came to a head at the beginning of June. Things started going downhill, and my numbers started dropping at an alarming rate. I wondered, “I guess it’s not good enough.” But that was far from the truth. I had to relearn that I couldn’t control if people listened. I was doing the best I could do, and that was good enough. There was no need to compare myself to what others were doing. So what does this mean for you? Will you choose to focus on yourself and not others?
Uncommon Legend 
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