Social comparison can be really highly beneficial, especially when we use our social networks to push ourselves. This may give us the motivation to address areas of our lives where we are naturally unsatisfied. When we see someone else doing really well, it pushes us to keep up and to do more. Each person's activity generates more activity amongst others. So social networks in which people are offered opportunities to inspire each other could actually be quite helpful.
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.
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