Jemma Sbeg

We typically gravitate towards upwards social comparison, specifically the kind that brings about admiration rather than feelings of insecurity. If you are someone who believes in yourself, who really wants to succeed, who believes they can succeed, you are not going to be threatened by someone doing better than you. You're going to use it as an asset.

Now, if you are lacking self-confidence, you feel less self-assured, maybe you've seen your self-esteem plummet recently, you are more likely to engage in downward social comparison as a deliberate form of comparison, but upward social comparison as a less deliberate form. I'm going to explain that. Lots of words in that sentence.

Now, if you are lacking self-confidence, you feel less self-assured, maybe you've seen your self-esteem plummet recently, you are more likely to engage in downward social comparison as a deliberate form of comparison, but upward social comparison as a less deliberate form. I'm going to explain that. Lots of words in that sentence.

Now, if you are lacking self-confidence, you feel less self-assured, maybe you've seen your self-esteem plummet recently, you are more likely to engage in downward social comparison as a deliberate form of comparison, but upward social comparison as a less deliberate form. I'm going to explain that. Lots of words in that sentence.

Essentially, intuitively, your brain is going to want you to compare to people who are doing so-called worse than you because it makes you feel better. But actually what ends up happening is when you get into that comparison mindset, you can't help but kind of slowly move over into comparing yourself to people who are doing better than you. It's going to make you feel pretty terrible.

Essentially, intuitively, your brain is going to want you to compare to people who are doing so-called worse than you because it makes you feel better. But actually what ends up happening is when you get into that comparison mindset, you can't help but kind of slowly move over into comparing yourself to people who are doing better than you. It's going to make you feel pretty terrible.

Essentially, intuitively, your brain is going to want you to compare to people who are doing so-called worse than you because it makes you feel better. But actually what ends up happening is when you get into that comparison mindset, you can't help but kind of slowly move over into comparing yourself to people who are doing better than you. It's going to make you feel pretty terrible.

Now, this might be an uncomfortable but pretty obvious truth. Your career jealousy and comparison is probably also related to your current levels of insecurity. More specifically, a greater fear of inadequacy that you might have. And this fear is a lot more common in individualistic societies.

Now, this might be an uncomfortable but pretty obvious truth. Your career jealousy and comparison is probably also related to your current levels of insecurity. More specifically, a greater fear of inadequacy that you might have. And this fear is a lot more common in individualistic societies.

Now, this might be an uncomfortable but pretty obvious truth. Your career jealousy and comparison is probably also related to your current levels of insecurity. More specifically, a greater fear of inadequacy that you might have. And this fear is a lot more common in individualistic societies.

So individualistic societies are those in which we value personal wealth, status, material success, things that make one person look very, very good. This is in comparison to collectivist societies or collectivist cultures whereby the success of one person is everyone's win.

So individualistic societies are those in which we value personal wealth, status, material success, things that make one person look very, very good. This is in comparison to collectivist societies or collectivist cultures whereby the success of one person is everyone's win.

So individualistic societies are those in which we value personal wealth, status, material success, things that make one person look very, very good. This is in comparison to collectivist societies or collectivist cultures whereby the success of one person is everyone's win.

So we are more likely to put effort into seeing the community succeed, into making sure every member of our family is succeeding, rather than just being focused on our own success. If you were raised in an individualistic society, so, you know, if you were raised in the US, if you were raised in a lot of parts of Europe, if you were raised in Australia, in Canada...

So we are more likely to put effort into seeing the community succeed, into making sure every member of our family is succeeding, rather than just being focused on our own success. If you were raised in an individualistic society, so, you know, if you were raised in the US, if you were raised in a lot of parts of Europe, if you were raised in Australia, in Canada...

So we are more likely to put effort into seeing the community succeed, into making sure every member of our family is succeeding, rather than just being focused on our own success. If you were raised in an individualistic society, so, you know, if you were raised in the US, if you were raised in a lot of parts of Europe, if you were raised in Australia, in Canada...

A lot of the times your main focus and what you have been taught to focus on is how well you are doing in comparison to others, not how well the group is doing.

A lot of the times your main focus and what you have been taught to focus on is how well you are doing in comparison to others, not how well the group is doing.

A lot of the times your main focus and what you have been taught to focus on is how well you are doing in comparison to others, not how well the group is doing.

And so it does create this obsession with personal success, meaning that other individuals in your community, in your kind of social stratosphere, their success doesn't make you ever, is never going to make you feel good the way that it would in a collectivist culture. It's only going to make you feel terrible.