Comparing yourself with others, especially those in the same field you work in, can hold you back. And if you’re a writer, or consider yourself one, blogging away in your little corner of the internet, it can stump you and stunt your growth.

If you let it.

Blogs AI Chatbot Recommended In My ‘Niche’

An AI chatbot I used to look up other websites that blog about introverts gave a list of bloggers it considered the best in the field.

Wanting to learn from them, I visited each one and found the following similarities:

• The majority were from the USA, and one was from Canada.
• All their homepages advertised their latest book and/or retreat.
• They were all ‘best-selling’ authors. Their websites all touted them as ‘Best-selling New York Times author of…’ or ‘Best-selling Wall Street Journal author of…’.
• Their websites were all colourful and were all full of loud illustrations and graphics.
• They were all intent on growing their email list: all their ‘free resources’ required signing up.
• They all posted various photographs of themselves, their family and friends.
• The majority of their blog posts and pages were aimed toward getting their visitors and readers to sign up for their retreats and online courses (one had a writing course on what she called a ‘flash sale’ for US$99).
• Their bio or ‘About’ pages all claimed they were Christians.

Now, I don’t know what metrics AI uses to gauge popularity, but I guess that having a very public success, in the way North America, or the western world, considers success, helps.

Read and Move On

But then again, as a deeply introverted person, I don’t want such a public advertisement of any success I might garner.

And I’m sure that not every writer who blogs about the areas of their lives they want to come to terms with writes or blogs with speaking engagements or best-selling books in mind.

Or maybe I’m wrong.

What I’ve learned from this experience is that it’s important to read what other writers and bloggers are doing in your niche.

And move on. Stop and do not compare yourself with them.

We’re all unique in our wonderfully God-made ways, and we help each other in different ways.

Give yourself grace. Keep writing, and hit publish.

What Next

What do you think about the writers and bloggers who write in your niche? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ guide your writing, always. Amen

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