Do you scroll social media and walk away feeling less than? Like everyone else is doing amazing things, and you're not important, not making a difference, and not even sure what your calling is? Who told you that?

In this episode, Pam shares five ways comparison is costing you, and how to stop comparing and start walking in your true identity. It's not a problem with your abilities. It's a problem with your identity.

## In this episode - **00:00** Who told you that? Plus an invitation to the free From Identity to Influence workshop - **02:30** Welcome to episode 254: comparison is costing you more than you know - **04:20** It's not your abilities, it's your identity - **04:45** 1. Don't borrow a title that isn't yours. Pam's unfair fitness comparison, why it's a "them vs. Him" problem, and the speaker story that shows why you can't compare - **10:50** 2. "What is that to you? You must follow Me." What Jesus told Peter, and what He's telling you - **13:10** 3. Test your own work. Elevate your perspective, and three questions to ask before you compare - **17:30** 4. Turn comparison into celebration - **18:55** 5. Identify your secret sauce. God didn't make any copies - **21:15** Join the free From Identity to Influence workshop on November 10

## Three questions to ask when you start comparing 1. Is it true? 2. Did God tell me that? 3. What has God asked *me* to do today?

## Scriptures in this episode - John 21:21-22 - Galatians 6:4-5 - Ephesians 2:10 - Ephesians 3:20 - 1 Corinthians 12 (one body, many parts)

## Quotes to remember - "We don't want to be like them. We want to be like Him." - "Leaders who celebrate others grow influence, and leaders who compare shrink influence." - "God didn't make any copies."

## Reflection Who do you catch yourself comparing to? This week, send her a message to celebrate her, then ask God, "What have You asked *me* to do today?"

## Free resource Download the free L.E.A.D. Framework: pampegram.com/leadframework

## Free workshop: From Identity to Influence Tuesday, November 10, at 7:00 PM Central, online. Join live to ask your questions and win special prizes. Can't make it live? Sign up anyway, and you'll get the recording. **Save your free seat:** pampegram.com/workshop

*Called to Lead. Created to influence.*