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How To Stop Comparing Yourself To Others

Mar 7, 2016
52:05

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Quick takeaways

  • We can challenge the biological drive to compare ourselves to others by reframing our social situations.
  • Assigning value to oneself based on external accomplishments is a losing battle; external objects or achievements can't make someone a better human being.

Deep dives

The Biological Drive to Compare

The human brain is wired to care about status and our relative position in the social hierarchy. This drive to compare ourselves to others comes from our evolutionary history as tribal creatures. However, we can challenge this biological drive and shift our perspective by reframing our social situations.

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