Dr. Laurie Santos

We're constantly not thinking in terms of just getting better ourselves, but keeping up with the Joneses.

We're constantly not thinking in terms of just getting better ourselves, but keeping up with the Joneses.

And that just causes a ton of misery because many billion people on the planet, obviously on every metric we look at, somebody's going to be better than us.

And that just causes a ton of misery because many billion people on the planet, obviously on every metric we look at, somebody's going to be better than us.

And we tend to find the one person who's doing better and look to them.

And we tend to find the one person who's doing better and look to them.

And then that makes us feel crappy.

And then that makes us feel crappy.

And so these are just some biases of the mind that really mess up how happy we can feel over time because we're getting used to all the good stuff out there.

And so these are just some biases of the mind that really mess up how happy we can feel over time because we're getting used to all the good stuff out there.

And we're comparing ourselves in ways that we don't really need to.

And we're comparing ourselves in ways that we don't really need to.

Okay.

Okay.

No, big fallacy.

No, big fallacy.

Well, I should clarify.

Well, I should clarify.

It kind of depends on where you are in the salary level.

It kind of depends on where you are in the salary level.