How many hours a day do you spend comparing your life to that of others? It might sound like a strange question, but if you’re an average internet user, you are probably spending more than two hours ...
Oh, comparison. You never seem to go away, do you? Let's get one thing straight: life in your 20s is HARD, am I right? Sometimes I wish I'd been given fair warning of this when I graduated college and ...
The drive to compare may have roots in our desire for self-assessment, but it often breeds a toxic environment where we lose sight of our distinct strengths. The Fast Company Executive Board is a ...
Despite how many times we're warned not to do it, so many of us find ourselves stuck in the deep, dark hole of comparison. What starts out as an innocent browse online or random scroll on social media ...
We cause ourselves pain when we compare ourselves to others. So why do we keep doing it? Because all animals compare themselves to others, and we've inherited the brain that creates this impulse.
Comparing yourself to others happens at every age, from noting who has the best toys in the preschool sandbox to whose grandkids got into what college. But comparing oneself to others is especially ...
People ask me if our lives today feel like the early years of HIV/AIDS, and I want to scream. There is no comparison. Just stop. No one cared about people dying of AIDS in the early years of the ...
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to send the global economy and daily life into turmoil, it’s understandable that we’re all grasping for a comparison to make sense of the devastation.
Who do you most frequently compare yourself to? If you’re not sure, try this question: Who have you compared yourself to in the last 24 hours? If you’re still not sure, think of the last time you ...