PHOTOGRAPHER | OBSESSIVE CREATIVE
I've been reading and listening to Jocko Willink recently. He makes a lot of comparisons to war and business.
The competition is the enemy. (just go with it for the example)
If you are so focused on the enemy, comparing yourself, stressing, wishing you had what they had, feeling sorry for yourself, then what you didn't realize the whole time, while you spent that time comparing, they spent that time conquering.
If you don't go conquer someone else will.
Apparently it is hereditary. If my shoes don't fit just right, and if I'm on my feet for long hours in warm situations it often develops. Good thing I'm a wedding photographer. So if I'm not careful,
I never would have guessed how important estimating has been in my career. If you overestimate you may not get the job. If you underestimate you may lose your credibility. If you don't estimate at all
For the first time in history you can compare yourself to the rest of the world. Well at least 1/7th of the world. That's the 1 billion people that are on Instagram. And you can compare yourself to as