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Episode 245 - Don’t Compare · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast by Joe wattis.
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  We wish to entertain, instruct, and motivate if nothing else, Hopefully we
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  can entertain then inspire you to live a more positively three hundred and sixty five
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  days a year. We hope you enjoyed this message. Two billionaire friends meet
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  after a casual conversation. One of them finally asks, so, how is
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  your home life? The other answers, couldn't be better? I bought an
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  elephant. The other guy looks at him, astonished an elephant? Have you
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  gone mad? The guy responds, smiling, Oh man, let me tell
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  you it's the best purchase in my life. He's grazing on the lawn,
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  making it nice, and even the kids love him, always riding his back
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  and sliding down his trunk, keeps them outside instead of in front of a
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  screen all day. My wife loves him too. He's super strong, helps
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  her with moving things around when I'm not home. And let me tell you,
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  the best thing is he's kind and smart, the best pet I've ever
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  had. The other billionaire scratches his chin. Yeah, that sounds kind of
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  amazing. Actually, how much did you pay for him. The guy replies,
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  a million bucks worth every penny. It's a steal at this price.
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  The other billionaire says, sell him to me for two million. No,
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  what are you saying? Sell him? He's like family to us. Okay,
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  i'll give you three million. I don't know, man, you can't
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  put a price on that kind of friendship and usefulness. All right, all
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  right, I'll give you five million. Five million. Well, okay,
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  man, I'll sell him to you, but only because we're friends. In
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  a few weeks, the two billionaires meet up again. The guy who bought
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  the elephant is angry as heck. As soon as he sees the other guy,
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  he starts yelling, what the heck did you sell me? Not only
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  does he not graze the lawn, he's completely destroyed all my greenery and trees.
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  There's elephant dung everywhere. It smells, even inside the house. And
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  what about the kids? They are terrified at the they it's aggressive and massive
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  and scary. I can't sleep because it trumpets all the time. My wife
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  has been having nightmares, and now I won't hear the end of her bickering
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  until I die. It's awful, worst purchase of my life. The other
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  billionaire looks at him and says, well, man, I don't know what
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  to say. With that kind of attitude, you'll never sell an elephant.
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  One of the things that conceal happiness is comparison. When we compare ourselves to
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  others, we lose ground. It's like the runner of the race who is
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  winning until he or she becomes distracted and looks back at where the competition is.
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  We will talk about this in this week's episode of Positively three sixty five,
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  but first we have our trivia question of the day. Are you ready
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  for it? Here it is Whitney Houston went to the top of the music
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  charts in nineteen ninety two by singing what Dolly Parton Song. We will have
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  the answer when we come back. Do you enjoy listening to this podcast?
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  and have the satisfaction of knowing that you are doing something to spread more positivity
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  in today's negative world. Thank you for listening, and thank you for your
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  support financially and otherwise. Do you know the answer to this week's trivia question?
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  The question was Whitney Houston went to the top of the music charts in
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  nineteen ninety two by singing what Dolly Parton song? The answer I will always
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  love you? Now you know. Theodore Roosevelt once said, comparison is the
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  thief of joy. Who do you most frequently compare yourself to? If you're
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  not sure this question, who have you compared yourself to in the last twenty
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  four hours. If you're still not sure, think of the last time you
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  checked your Facebook or Instagram feed. Which updates made you feel envious or made
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  you feel as if your life paled in comparison? In turn, did any
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  posts make you feel smug or better than another person? The comparison game is
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  as old as humanity itself. An elephant and a dog became pregnant at the
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  same time. Three months down the line, the dog gave birth to six
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  puppies. Six months later, the dog was pregnant again, and nine months
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  on it gave birth to another dozen puppies. The pattern continued. On the
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  eighteenth month, the dog approached the elephant, questioning, are you sure that
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  you are pregnant? We became pregnant on the same date. I have given
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  birth three times to a dozen puppies, and they are now grown to become
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  big dogs. Yet you are still pregnant. What's going on? The elephant
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  replied, there is something I want you to understand. What I am carrying
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  is not a puppy, but an elephant. I only give birth to one
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  in two years. When my baby hits the ground, the earth feels it.
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  When my baby crosses the road, human beings stop and watch in admiration.
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  What I carry draws attention. So what I am carrying is mighty and
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  great. The lesson here for us is clear. Don't lose faith when you
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  see others receive answers to their prayers. Don't be envious of others if you
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  haven't received your own blessings. Don't despare. Say to yourself, my time
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  is coming, and when it hits the surface of the earth, people shall
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  yield in admiration. Thank you for joining us today. Please consider taking a
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  moment to like, grate, subscribe, and share this podcast. You can
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  three sixty five. You would love to hear from you, So until next
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  time, stay positive today and every day, three hundred and sixty five days
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  a year. It crazing contaminated memorated preceding as a Canine Walls production Sandy Edo
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