You Can’t Do What I Do
I’ve never been good about worrying about the competition. Sometimes I forget to even look at what they’re up to. I don’t want to be them.
I’ve finally learned that the best I can bring to the table is the best version of me. No one can compete with that. Folks can do things I can’t. Folks can make other other offers. But no one can do what I do better than I do. I am the best me that could possibly exist.
You can’t write my blog post and I can’t write yours.
No one else can see what I see as well as I do.
No one else can bring my experience.
No one else can put the Liz idea and the Liz twist into a Liz strategy quite the same way in the same short amount of time.
I build elegant and irresistible strategies for incredible businesses and people. I put my heart and soul into my work weaving just the right nuance into each choice and action in order to project the most meaning and offer the most value. What my clients get are great relationships, great results, and great communities of loyal fans.
So instead worrying about the competition, I worry about the folks who are looking for exactly what I do. They are the people who count in my eyes. I want to make their lives easier, faster, and more meaningful.
If I looked at my competition too closely, I might start thinking I should be doing what they’re doing and I’d only become a bad facsimile of me or a bad facsimile of them.
Leaders find their own path.
So, it won’t be competition that will beat you.
It will be yourself. It will be you not investing the time and energy into what you want to become. It will be you forgetting who you are or trying to be someone else. It will be you giving into fear or you letting go of what has defined you since before you could talk.
What is it that you do better than anyone? People ask you do to do it often, so often you assume it’s easy, but it’s not. Who could compete with you, if you put your head, heart, and passion into serving the people who value that?
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Well said…it’s refreshing when you can stop trying to assimilate and put a fresh, positive and helpful message together.
The less I try to be like others, the happier I am to be myself.
Great message, Liz!
AMEN.
I’ve always felt that collaboration is always more powerful than competition.
And if you’re worried about everyone else, you don’t have the energy left to worry about how you can make your game even MORE AWESOME than it already is.
That’s not to say you don’t need to be aware of your surroundings. But stop gawking at the sidelines, get your focus, and nail it. Your customers will thank you.
Wow this is so true!! I am definitely my own worst enemy, and I’ve allowed self-defeat on too many occasions.
My fav read for today Liz – I think âwatchingâ your competitors is a lot more about copying them then people care to admit.
Hi Joe!
I really like what you said about the less you try to be like others, the happier you are to be yourself.
It’s also true that when we’re happiest we do our best work.
Thank you.
Andy!
You sure packed a whole lot of wisdom in one short comment. I couldn’t agree more. When I have my focus, my surroundings are in perfect perspective and I know where I’m going and why getting there is important.
Hard for folks to compete with someone who follows your advice. 🙂
Brandon,
Ain’t it the truth that we all get in our way like that? Yeah. Learning to recognize that we do it is a huge step forward. Took me years and then some …
Hi Natalie!
You know, I never really thought about it that way. But I think you’ve got something there.
I love this!! And its soo true! After all, if you don’t blow your trumpet whose gonna blow it for you?
I think when it’s all said and done, we need to believe in ourselves a bit more, strive to make ourselves better day by day and then the rest will follow…
Well said Liz…
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