Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy
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BY SWIMSWAM CONTRIBUTORS
This “Shouts from the Stands” submission comes from Megan Mardy, a Masters swimmer from Illinois who previously swam at the NCAA Division II Championships for Amherst College.
My favorite college psychology professor, Catherine Sanderson, often posts reels with quick social psychology tips regarding happiness. Recently, she was revisiting the famous Theodore Roosevelt quote, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” She discusses this quote often, as it is quite important in the context of many social psychology concepts. I couldn’t help but link this to some valuable advice I received from a seasoned swim parent when my kids had just started in the sport.
