The Comparison Cure Quotes

“On coming home: put on some relaxing music and light a candle to mark your return to your space.”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“Breathe the stress away. Set a timer for two minutes and, with your eyes closed, sitting comfortably, take some deep breaths until the timer beeps.”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“study something that interests you”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“You could have a new product launch coming up and you don’t have a huge online community of potential customers to promote to. But you could write a blog post for an online platform that you know thousands of your ideal customers will read.”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“Open up your social media apps and browse the accounts that are dominating your feed right now. Would you invite these people, brands and things to come to your house party?”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“Boosting your self-confidence is a key step in ridding your life of comparison as it gives you agency over your actions and ownership of your thoughts and behaviour. It allows you to leverage your own resources, no matter how plentiful or scarce they happen to be, and it ultimately allows you the impetus to use your inner power to work towards what is important to you. Without self-confidence, words go unsaid, ideas undeveloped and your time is often spent on the wrong things, with the wrong people, because we feel too scared to make a change or we hope the change will magically make itself. This naturally leads to a growing sense of discontent and in those conditions, comparison thrives, and the vicious circle continues.”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“Your definition of success, and your pursuit of it, should present you with broad and deep growth based on who you are and how you want to feel every day. Anything else is at best a compromise and at worst a tragedy.”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“you are successful right now in a multitude of ways and you can access that treasure trove by feeling gratitude for what you DO have, pride in what you HAVE done, passion to pursue where you WANT to go and appreciation and love for the people in your life right NOW. You are without doubt way further on in your accomplishments than you are giving yourself credit for.”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“when we are clear on our own aligned values, we can work in congruence with them. This allows us not only to make plans, but make choices and decisions that resonate with our values, meaning we are less distracted or influenced by those of other people.”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“Your SMART goals do not have to be perfect, but they do have to be yours.”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“Action tip: Check in on the goals you set in Chapter 3 and apply these ‘start, use, do’ prompts from the section above to help maximise your efforts as you work towards those goals”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“inform me – ‘I did not know that!’ entertain me – ‘I live for these memes!’ touch my heart – ‘See! There IS good in the world.’ satisfy my curiosity – ‘Oh, THAT’S how you do it!’ inspire my creativity – ‘Oh, oh, I can see how that might work for me!’ challenge me in all the right ways – ‘I’m a white, cis, able-bodied, hetero woman and the assumptions I make about the world are often deeply flawed.”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“It helps me to look at self-confidence like fuel in the engine of life–the more I have, the further I can go and the longer I can drive towards my own goals, whether that be professionally or in my personal life. That said, even though I would describe myself as confident on the whole, I can still catch myself on the verge of an existential crisis, sliding down the wall crying and wondering what I am doing with my life, feeling like I have zero self-esteem.”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“Good for you! And the same for me!" Let me break it down. This works because you simply cannot be in comparison envy and rooting for yourself in the same moment, so your brain will override the negative judgement with the positivity firehose that is this statement. When you state the affirmation, you are able to reset your thoughts and with this, get back in your own lane rather than letting comparison take hold and whisking you down a rabbit hole of negative thinking. Action tip: To increase its potency, say the words out loud and point your finger at the screen/person and then at yourself to really feel the belief take root in your body. "Good for you! And the same for me!”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“Focus on your one main thing.”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you

“When we ask for help, we create a slipstream for progress and we can meet our dreams halfway.”
― Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure: How to be less ‘them’ and more you