Join us in another special concept episode where your three hosts talk about drawing comparisons, be it through social media or in daily life. We take you through why our brains fundamentally use comparison, when this becomes an issue and how to rid yourself of the anxiety it can cause. Filled with examples from our daily lives, we provide you with techniques from temporal comparison to documenting success and building confidence to make the impact of comparison positive and healthy in your lives!
Resources:
The Art of Comparing Yourself to Others: https://students.ubc.ca/ubclife/art-comparing-yourself-others
Scarcity Mindset: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2020/07/12/5-ways-to-go-from-a-scarcity-to-abundance-mindset/
Study on Relative Income and Happiness: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43348242_Money_and_Happiness_Rank_of_Income_Not_Income_Affects_Life_Satisfaction
Study on Brain Mechanisms of Social Comparison: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222713/
The Fall of Icarus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75Roe_davA
Contact Us:
Akash Shroff: https://linktr.ee/akashvshroff
Arihant Choudhary: https://www.arihantchoudhary.com
Parth Behani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parth-behani
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:05 - Why Do Our Brains Compare
03:10 - Scarcity Mindset
04:05 - Social Media Comparison
05:31 - Healthy Competition and Accountability
07:34 - Disguised Unhealthy Relationships and Self Worth
10:30 - Using Process-Based Comparison to Push Yourself
14:14 - Hedonic Adaptation vs Temporal Comparison
17:31 - Documenting Your Success and Building Confidence
21:37 - Finding Value and Things You Enjoy
23:40 - Favourable Comparisons - Quick Fix or Viable?
24:57 - Identifying What and Why You're Comparing
27:54 - The Fall of Icarus and Conclusion
