Comparing Ourselves To Others: All Harm, No Benefit

And How To Stop Doing It

Photo by Christoph Keil on Unsplash

We all do it. “Their house is bigger than mine.” “He makes more money than I do, but I’m a better athlete.” “Her butt is better than mine, but I have nicer clothes.” Compare, compare, compare. None of this does us any good.

So why do we all compare so much? Because most of the 7.8 billion people on planet…