Christmas is supposed to be a season full of joy. And sometimes, you have to be intentional about protecting that joy. One thing that instantly puts the spirit of the season at risk is comparison, ...

Hikers on the Appalachian trail have the motto “hike your own hike”—that is, resist the urge to compare how many miles you cover in a day to how far other hikers are traveling. Nevertheless, the urge ...

Learning from the great catastrophe of the Holocaust without diminishing it in any way is more urgent than ever. Despite the Holocaust’s distinctive status, or perhaps because of it, politicians, ...

Theodore Roosevelt said, “Comparison is the thief of joy” and yet, we continue to compare ourselves to others all the time. Why is that, when doing so is likely to damage our confidence, increase our ...

Not too long ago, on a cold winter night, somewhere in America, there was a tween who wanted more screen time and a parent who said no. The tween in question was advocating vociferously for her right ...

Share on Pinterest The human mind may have a bias to constantly want more. Al Barry/Getty Images Researchers used a reinforcement learning model to learn more about why we habituate and compare, ...