Is Comparison the Thief of Joy?

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I think comparison can be the thief of joy, but I think the wrong comparison. To assuage these feelings that I have and those times where I feel like I haven't been successful is to really have gratitude For the chance to have the opportunity or even in my failure to have a great bronze medal That I can walk away with.

Want to be successful? You might need to get better at failing.

In this episode, Charles Lee (Stanford) and Andy Van Schaack (Vanderbilt) explore what it takes to be failure-resilient. In this Forum from October 2022 at Vanderbilt, they discuss success, failure, and how we might find a resilient self-worth.

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