Recent studies have shown that social media really encourages unhelpful social comparison. When I compare myself to others, what I'm really doing is comparing a point in my journey with the completely different point in someone else's journey. Focus on your strengths, write them down, use comparison as a source of inspiration. Instead of seeing people as competition, think about what they can teach you. Make a conscious decision to create an environment whether it is online or in person that makes you feel valid and make you feel worthwhile.
This week we discuss social comparison, the good, the bad, the psychology. We talk about why it is that we compare ourselves to others, the impacts of social comparison and how to break the cycle of judging our attributes and characteristics compared to others.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.