Comparing Yourself to Others - Should you do it?
Feed Me Serotonin
English - August 02, 2021 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement well-being motivation health mental health gen z student young depression empowerment tips Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this weeks episode, Alex unpacks social comparison and some of the benefits and drawbacks of comparing ourselves to each other.
Whether it’s by starting a new business, getting a 90 on your dissertation, or by being the strongest in the gym, we always find ourselves in pursuit of admiration from others. This can be a good thing because it drives us to be better and forces us to leap out of our comfort zone, but can also be a bad thing when seeing people more successful causes us to lose all hope. This is the issue laid out in this episode.
Some theories touched upon in this episode include Festinger's (1942) social comparison theory. Alex also reiterated Warren Buffet's Ovarian Lottery and Inner/Outer Scorecard.
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