Mel Abraham explains how comparing yourself to global celebrities instead of local peers makes contentment mathematically impossible. There's always someone with more. He argues you need to define your own metrics of success instead of chasing the world's moving finish line.
when we grew up, our comparison set as a kid was the kid down the street that got a new Schwinn bicycle. Today, the comparison set is the Kardashians who just got a new jet. Think about what that does to you psychologically. When your comparison set is infinite, contentment becomes mathematically impossible. There's always someone with more. Always a bigger number, always a better version of the life that you're not living. When you let the outside world define success for you, you're gonna spend the entire life chasing a finish line that keeps moving. You have to define your life for yourself first, not a number. Define a life. When you can answer those questions, the comparison has nowhere to go because you're no longer playing their game, you're playing yours.
