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"Don't compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to yesterday and to today." - Benjamin Franklin

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... Read more他人と比べてしまうのって、やめようと思っても簡単に止まりません。SNSで同世代の活躍が流れてきたり、職場や学校で成果を見聞きしたりすると、気づいたら「自分は全然だ…」って気持ちになりがち。そんな時に私が何度も読み返すのが、薄いベージュの背景に書かれているあの言葉――「他人と自分を比べるな。昨日の自分と今日の自分を比べよ。」です。 この名言の好きなところは、比較を“禁止”するのではなく、比較の向きを変えてくれるところ。比べる対象が他人だと、相手の努力量も環境も見えないので、どうしても不公平な勝負になります。逆に「昨日の自分」なら、条件がほぼ同じ。だから小さな成長でもちゃんと見つけやすいんですよね。 私が「他人と自分を比べてしまう」時にやっている具体策は3つあります。 1つ目は、比較のトリガーを把握すること。私は夜にSNSを見ると一気に落ち込むタイプだったので、夜は見ない/見るなら“学び目的のアカウントだけ”に絞りました。「他人に左右されない」ためには、まず左右されやすい場面を減らすのが近道でした。 2つ目は、成長の記録を“1行”だけ残すこと。「昨日の自分より今日の自分」を作るには、目標を大きくしすぎないのがコツ。私は寝る前に「今日できたこと」を1行メモします(例:10分散歩した、返信を溜めずに返した)。後で見返すと、「昨日の自分と今日の自分は別人」みたいに積み重なっていて、自己否定が弱まります。 3つ目は、努力の比較をやめる言い換え。「努力の量を他人と比べるなんて無意味ですわ」という感覚に近くて、他人の100を見て自分の10を責めるより、「自分の10を、明日は11にする」方が現実的。比較グセが出たら、私は頭の中で「今の自分ができる1つ上は何?」に質問を切り替えます。 周りと比べてしまう日は、弱い日じゃなくて“基準が外に向いている日”。そんな時こそ、この名言を思い出して、比較の矢印を自分の中へ戻してみてください。小さくても、今日の自分が昨日の自分を1ミリ超えられたら、それは立派な前進です。

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