Episode 14

How to avoid the comparison trap

It’s easy to fall into the comparison trap. You see someone else doing what you do but more successfully and think, why aren’t I more like them?

You see their social media posts: selling out their programs, having six-figure weeks, getting a million views… and you feel you have to try to keep up.

But is any of it real? Remember, social media makes it easy to create the appearance of success.

And more importantly, is what they have really what you want?

About the Podcast

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Reframing Marketing
A podcast about effective and ethical marketing

About your host

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Simon Batchelar

Simon Batchelar is a marketing mentor and author of Reframing Marketing: A 3-step Plan for Effective and Ethical Marketing.
With 20 years’ experience running their own marketing agency, Simon has transformed over 400 small businesses.
Simon spent 10 years as a TV and commercial sound editor, working on Oscar and Bafta-winning programmes.