We compare all the time.
We watch someone deliver a speech and think they’re not in the same class as someone we saw earlier that day.
We observe a person’s achievements and conclude we would have done a better job.
We look at where we are in our career and believe we’re falling behind the people we started [...]
Sometimes I slip on banana skins of anxiety and stay down for a while, unable to get back on my feet. I go for walks, consult trusted sources of wisdom, even eat the right food; but am unable to snap out of it.
It’s a profound and painful state that finds me always unprepared.
I can choose [...]
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