Lesson from our momma

I wrote an article for our blog about competitiveness in children. As I was writing and remembering my own childhood I realized how one important lesson from my mom is still very relevant in my adult life, what more being in business and the partner is your own sister.

"Let the jealousy make you want to be and do better not angry and bitter".

Those were her wise words to us. We weren't super competitive as children. There was some jealousy but then again it is all friendly siblings rivalry.

Being adults in business there's a different kind competitiveness which can result in some kind of jealousy. That jealousy that can either make or break a person and my mom's advice stands true all these years. When you see other entrepreneurs around you opening stores after stores, making that sales and getting acknowledgment there tend to be a feeling of jealousy, but the good kind. The kind that fuels you to be better. Sure, one can easily go the other route of anger and bitterness but it really doesn't get you anywhere. That website traffic to your online store isn't going to miraculously spike up if you spew hateful words of anger towards your competitor. The better thing to do is to then figure out a way to be a better business than theirs instead. Competition can be seen through two lenses. One is the desire to always compete with the person next to you to get that top spot and secondly, competing with yourself in order to be a better person and acknowledging your own strengths and weaknesses.

Jealousy is human nature and we just can't skip that. I find myself rolling my eyes sometimes when I see some sub par product getting so much attention and sales. Yes, I am jealous on how a bad product can sometimes do so well but that only means they have excellent marketing. In return I have to work harder in marketing my own (awesome) product.

Life is all about balance. Healthy competition is necessary to improve oneself but needs to be done mindfully. It is not about outdoing others or at the detriment to one’s self worth. I am doing what works for me but also getting inspiration from success stories around me. Jealousy towards other businesses done right can result in your own company's growth as well as personal growth too. The person that you ever need to impress is always yourself, not that CEO of that company that is opening his 60th store.

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