We don’t just inherit expectations. We also inherit clocks. And those clocks, along with constant comparison, quietly convince us we’re behind, off track, or running out of time.

There's something we have to talk about. It's pervasive, destructive, hidden in plain sight, and it’s very likely affecting your life, just as it has affected mine. This sometimes damaging and ...

We humans are comparison creatures. We are constantly measuring ourselves against other people. This attribute may have evolved as a means of helping us fit into the social hierarchy of the cultures ...

“Comparison is the thief of joy,” Teddy Roosevelt once said. Mark Twain felt even more strongly about it, exchanging the word death for thief. Before ever hearing of these quotes, I learned the ...