06. Is Comparison Stealing Your Contentment

from Adopting Joy · host Colleen Seward Ryan

🤳 How social media amplifies our comparison tendencies. 1:12 😟 Why we compare our worst with others’ best. 3:11 💌 Why we need to focus on adding value to others, not on our competition. 5:54 😶 How comparison erodes our confidence. 7:55 🎨 Choosing to be inspired by others. 9:20 💪 Why we should only compete with ourselves. 10:34 🛡️ How to set boundaries and respect the people who criticize us. 11:53 ☠️ Why resenting others will ultimately only poison yourself. 14:08

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Social media amplifies our comparison tendencies. Who is having a better life than me, looks better than you, making us all competition, full of criticism. What is going on with our confidence in the fake online world? How to stop it and make a better life for your self?

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