When I met with a mentee recently, she looked sad and a bit depressed. When I asked her if anything was wrong, her shoulders sagged lower, and she said was feeling like a failure in her career and her ...

We all have ups and downs, At first glance, it may seem other people live a much happier life than we do. But nobody knows how much time and effort it takes for other people to get a successful job or ...

Theodore Roosevelt said, “Comparison is the thief of joy” and yet, we continue to compare ourselves to others all the time. Why is that, when doing so is likely to damage our confidence, increase our ...

You’re up early one morning searching for jobs on LinkedIn when a new notification pops up. Your best friend from college just got promoted to Vice President at the same company where he’s spent the ...

It’s time to get real about a growing, insidious problem that’s linked to depression and other mental health challenges. It’s affecting you, it’s affecting me, and it’s affecting our children: it’s ...

Comparing yourself to others happens at every age, from noting who has the best toys in the preschool sandbox to whose grandkids got into what college. But comparing oneself to others is especially ...

Today’s world is filled with opportunities to measure your worth against those around you. Everyone is touting their success on social media and it can lead you to question whether you’re good enough.

Here is a story that I tell in my book How to Wake Up: When I first started teaching, I compared my performance in the classroom to that of my colleagues. I even graded myself — a solid B+. Although I ...