The Downside of Upward Social Comparison

Gloria Borger: One of the biggest potential costs of comparison is like, oh, i'm worse than those other people at whatever it is. She says we're all in a big pond and compare ourselves to others; that can have an upside but many downsides too. Borger: How do you aspire without comparison potentially to your detriment? Yet, how do you extract the information value which is positive?