The Science Behind Comparison And Its Destructive Nature: How To Overcome It With Shannon Thompson, MAPP, NCCP
THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST
Dominic Schlueter
4.8 ā¢ 686 Ratings
šļø 19 December 2022
ā±ļø 20 minutes
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Summary
"Comparison is the thief of joy." This is a quote that you will hear me frequently repeat on the podcast, not only because it's an impactful quote, but also because every human struggles with comparison. Whether it is in running, school, work, etc, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others affecting our performance and, more importantly, our well-being.
So to tackle this difficult subject in hopes of giving you the tools to be more knowledgeable about this subject and work to become better about comparing yourself to others less, I speak with the one and only Shannon Thompson, MAPP, NCCP. Shannon is a professional mental performance counselor who is incredibly bright on many subjects, including that of comparison.
In this short mini-podcast (17min), we define what comparison is, the science behind it, how to work to take control of our own thoughts when comparing ourselves to others, and can comparison ever be a good thing? I hope this episode is informative and can help you to better understand the subject of comparison.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to today's episode of the Running Effect with Dominic Schleader. I'm your host Dominic, |
| 0:07.4 | and today's episode of the podcast is really just a short 17-minute deep dive into the subject of comparison. |
| 0:15.1 | Everyone struggles with it. Specifically, it can get destructive in sport when we're comparing ourselves to our competitors |
| 0:21.9 | and even our very own teammates. So to help us solve this problem, I talk to the one and |
| 0:27.2 | only mental performance counselor Shannon Thompson. So before we hop into today's episode, |
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