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The Real Trick To Long Term Motivation: Daniel Pink

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Social Comparison Is the Best Way to Improve Mental Health

In the world of social media, every time i open up indogram.com I engage in upward, counterfactual thinking because everyone's life is better than mine. Ye, that's maybe a little bit too much feedback for a stable mental health. We know a lot about social comparison, im in the research. And social comparison in general makes people feel worse. What you should be doing, the best way to improve, is to compare yourself to your previous self. That's the best kind of counder factual. So if i go, let's go back to my kindest regret. I regrets about kindness because i wasn't as kind as i could have been. But current

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