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3 Growth concepts

2 Personal frameworks

1. Most people are afraid to ask. 

The squeaky wheel gets the oil. I was annoyed by that statement for a long time. I felt like asking was taking what is not yours. I wanted to be given things out of merit not annoy people into giving. Therefore, I was also afraid to ask because I might be denied. Then I realized that the people who ask, receive regardless if they deserve it or not. Sometimes people who don’t deserve things get them just because they ask. We are afraid to ask for a sale, ask for a promotion, or ask for anything. But the reason why we need to ask is because people are just not thinking about you. Everyone is consumed with their own priorities and agendas and asking for something makes people pause and think. Once I saw asking as a neutral thing, I was able to ask without feeling greedy. Ask and you shall receive.

2. If perfection is your bar, then it’s very difficult to start

I wish I was a better writer when I started writing this newsletter. I wish I was a smarter entrepreneur when I started building businesses. But more than anything, I'm glad I chose to start even though I wasn't very good. Feelings of fear and uncertainty have a way of making you feel unprepared.

Here's a tough question that forces you to consider the opposite side: How long will you put off what you’re capable of doing to maintain what you’re currently doing? If you don’t start, how will you get any better?

1 Proverb Pic

Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well. Proverbs 5:15

My takeaway: This proverb highlights the need for us to cherish what is already ours and the pain of comparison when we go looking for more in other places. "Comparison is the thief of joy" is a quote attributed to Theodore Roosevelt. The quote and this proverb serve as a reminder that constantly comparing ourselves to others can lead to feelings of dissatisfaction, envy, and unhappiness.

Social media often leads to comparison because people share their best moments, making others feel like they don't measure up. Seeing these highlights can cause envy and self-doubt, making us compare ourselves to the seemingly perfect lives of others.

To overcome the tendency to compare ourselves to others, we must dismantle it at its root. The root of comparison is entitlement and envy. If you compare and find yourself greater than others, you feel superior. If you compare and find yourself short, you feel less than others.

When you play the comparison game, your sense of self-worth is fragile because you’re not related to God as you should be. No more or less acclamation, no amount of applause or accolades as compared to others, will fill that hole. Nothing will heal your heart except God himself looking at you and saying, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” The most effective way to do this is by focusing on the cross of Jesus. There, we are gloriously and happily cut down to size and are humbled. We deserve nothing, yet he gave us everything. Rather than comparing what we have to others, our hearts brim with gratitude that Jesus deems us worthy of any role in His plan.

Allow the cross to defeat the temptation to compare in your life by dismantling entitlement in your heart. Embrace your chances to serve Jesus in the domain He has assigned you. And then give thanks for the ways that others offer their service—no matter how their work compares to yours. You are on the same mission.

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Entrepnueship is creating as God creates—something out of nothing. Thanks for being a part of my journey and this community!

❤️ Erick Vargas

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