AMS

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:05:12 -0800

"Comparing yourself to anyone, about anything, accomplishes nothing, other than often making you feel lousy about yourself. Why oh why do we do it?!" I think part of the reason we do it is because it gets done to us. I recently worked at a company that used comparison-between-team-members "life-boat" drills for performance reviews. Talk about your self-esteem taking the express elevator to hell. Doesn't matter how hard you work--Try being compared to a Type A over-achiever and being told "you just don't measure up to this person, therefore, THEY get the big raise! And um, you don't get one this year! Work harder! Be like THEM!" The type of culture this breeds in a work place is a nasty one of competition and back-stabbing, which I think unfortunately transfers to personal life rather easily.

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AMS