Direct answer — Leela cell 22 “Comparison”: Comparison can hide your own criteria for success. Whose rules are you using to evaluate yourself? Write whose criteria you are using and define two criteria of success that are your own.
Reflecta version: Leela cell 22 “Comparison” belongs to Reflecta’s digital version; names, numbering, and transitions may differ on other Leela boards.
A visual path can organize the sequence of moves without turning it into a forecast.
What to separate: Comparison
Comparison can provide a benchmark, but it becomes a trap when another person’s visible outcome is measured against your entire process or when a borrowed metric replaces your own goal. Clarify the context, the source of the scorecard, and the indicators that actually define enough progress for you.
| Aspect | How to use it in your note |
|---|---|
| Reference point | Who or what you are comparing yourself with and why that reference was chosen. |
| Context differences | Which resources, timelines, risks, and goals are not the same. |
| Borrowed criterion | The measure you accepted as important without making your own decision. |
| Your scorecard | Two measurable signs that represent progress toward your actual goal. |
Worked example
A software engineer sees that a former classmate already leads a large department and decides he has fallen behind. Reflection shows that he values deep technical work, remote freedom, and limited overtime more than team size. He keeps income as a minimum threshold, adds two personal measures—complexity of work and number of free evenings—and chooses architecture training instead of chasing somebody else’s title.
Questions for your notes
- Whose result am I seeing, and which parts of their context are unknown?
- Which borrowed measure have I mistaken for a requirement?
- Which two criteria will show my progress one month from now?
Working question: Whose rules are you using to evaluate yourself?
From reflection to a decision
- Fix the context — Comparison can hide your own criteria for success. Read it together with the intention, the events before the move and the answers already recorded. Write your own response before opening an AI interpretation.
- Set a check — you can identify the comparison source, account for context differences, choose two personal measures, and connect them to a concrete action.
- Answer the question — Whose rules are you using to evaluate yourself?
- Choose an action — Write whose criteria you are using and define two criteria of success that are your own.
Check: the interpretation is useful when you can identify the comparison source, account for context differences, choose two personal measures, and connect them to a concrete action.
An important qualification
The return to “Resistance” can be read as a prompt to check whether comparison is replacing your own decision. It is a route rule in Reflecta, not punishment or proof of a psychological cause.
On the current Reflecta board, this cell returns to cell 11 “Resistance”; this is a board rule, not a punishment or prediction. After your own answer, an optional symbolic tool is available. A movement or extra option on the Reflecta board is a rule of this version, not proof that the same outcome will occur in life.
For the wider game context, see How to formulate a Leela question about purpose.
Misreadings that weaken the result
- comparing another person’s public result with all of your private uncertainty and treating the difference as proof of personal inadequacy.
- turning “Comparison” into a permanent personality label.
- using the cell to guess another person’s hidden motives.
- repeating the move until a more pleasant interpretation appears.
Questions and answers
Why can comparison increase inaction?
Another person’s finished outcome can appear unreachable and hide the next small step. Returning to your own criteria reduces the scale and makes an experiment possible.
Is every comparison with other people harmful?
No. Comparison helps with benchmarking and learning when the situations are comparable, the conditions are understood, and the measure belongs to your goal. It becomes harmful when it is used to judge your worth.
Does this cell predict what will happen?
No. The “Comparison” cell can help form a hypothesis, but it does not reveal another person’s thoughts or prove an inevitable future.
What can the AI guide add?
AI can compare the response to the “Comparison” theme with earlier moves, point out a contradiction and ask a clarifying question. It cannot verify unrecorded facts or decide for the player.
Related Leela guides
Use the following guides to place this cell in the wider logic of the game:
- How to formulate a Leela question about self-esteem
- How to formulate a Leela question about purpose
- Is Leela divination or a reflection tool? Keeping symbols in context
- Leela board guide: cells, movement, and transitions
- Leela 72 cells: reading the path without fatalism
- Leela cell meanings: contextual interpretation without templates
- Leela cell 30 “Fear”: meaning and questions
- Leela cell 31 “Curiosity”: meaning and questions
Save your note and continue in Reflecta Leela. Treat the AI response as a hypothesis to test, not as a decision made for you.
FAQ
Is every comparison with other people harmful?
No. Comparison helps with benchmarking and learning when the situations are comparable, the conditions are understood, and the measure belongs to your goal. It becomes harmful when it is used to judge your worth.
Why can comparison increase inaction?
Another person’s finished outcome can appear unreachable and hide the next small step. Returning to your own criteria reduces the scale and makes an experiment possible.
Does this cell predict what will happen?
No. The “Comparison” cell can help form a hypothesis, but it does not reveal another person’s thoughts or prove an inevitable future.
What can the AI guide add?
AI can compare the response to the “Comparison” theme with earlier moves, point out a contradiction and ask a clarifying question. It cannot verify unrecorded facts or decide for the player.
Sources and editorial method
This material is intended for learning and self-reflection. It does not promise to predict the future and does not replace professional help.