The Maker Letter ·
please don't compare yourself đź‘€
Hey Friend,
Inside our Inner Circle there’s been some talks about self worth.
In my opinion it comes down to one thing:
Comparison.
There’s a reason the quote goes: “comparison is the thief of joy”…
Your net worth is limited by your self-worth.
So the question is…
How do you increase your self-worth?
It’s not about doing more.
It’s about stopping what diminishes it in the first place.
Because worth can’t exist without comparison.
Let’s take gold for example. Today it’s $4,160 an ounce, but only because we measure it. And the market determines its price.
Strip away the scale, and gold is just… gold.
A naturally occurring mineral.
The same goes for you.
The moment you stop measuring, you stop doubting.
You return to purity. To truth.
But when comparison enters the frame?
Your worth gets distorted. In my experience I’ve lived it like so:
• You scroll LinkedIn and start comparing your month to someone else’s month.
• One comment or criticism suddenly outranks your own opinion of yourself.
• A mistake from 3 years ago becomes your internal scoreboard today. And eats you alive.
None of these are real.
They’re just borrowed sticks & stones that shrink you.
So if you want to expand your self-worth (and in turn, your net worth), you start with a simple mindset reframe and you:
- Remove the comparison.
- Reject the ruler.
- Unfollow the noise.
(Unfollowing has had one of the best impacts on my life and business this quarter. I’ve gone old school - pen & paper)
Because when you stop measuring yourself by their standards…
You finally get to build by yours.
Why do the truly wealthy seem so unbothered?
Because they stopped letting comparison into the room.
And maybe it’s time you did too.
To an awesome Thursday ahead.
🤍
Your biggest fan,
Jacob “you are worthy” Pegs
PS. The All In One Black Friday Bundle is available, alongside the 54 workshops that got me to $1.2M over the last 2 years.
In 2 days time the price is going up and then I'm taking it off the market after the weekend.
You can grab it here while the link still works: