SCRIPT CHECK · 60 SECONDS
Five quick questions show how often it appears, how believable it feels, and what it makes you avoid. You’ll get one private next step.
This is not a diagnosis and there is no pass or fail. It measures the current frequency, credibility, and behavioral cost of “The bistro down the block having more stars than me means I'm losing”, including the private rule underneath it: If any nearby restaurant's star average sits above mine, that gap is a live scoreboard proving they're beating me, so I have to keep closing it before anyone notices I'm behind.
QUIET
“The bistro down the block having more stars than me means I'm losing” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “Their 4.7 and my 4.5 aren't the same contest, no matter how the app lines them up.”
PRESENT
“The bistro down the block having more stars than me means I'm losing” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “A tenth of a star is one column of averages, not a verdict on whose kitchen is better.”
ACTIVE
“The bistro down the block having more stars than me means I'm losing” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: Open the delivery app, read their last ten reviews start to finish, and jot down whether they're actually rating the same things your own reviews mention.
DOMINANT
Right now, “The bistro down the block having more stars than me means I'm losing” is steering many of the moments you measured. That is a pattern reading, not a diagnosis or character verdict. Begin with one reversible receipt: Open the delivery app, read their last ten reviews start to finish, and jot down whether they're actually rating the same things your own reviews mention.