I’ve just started reading (again) Leo’s blog Zen Habits, and I couldn’t have started at a better time.

I’ve got a few bad habits (who doesn’t?) and mine include being a bit jealous/envious, comparing myself to others, being unhappy and having low self esteem. This translates into even more icky personality traits that I’ve been trying to remedy for most of my life.

The reason I bring this up is that Leo has done an excellent post on the futility of comparing yourself to others, and also how you can break that habit. It’s really not good for anyone (this I know from experience).

Just take a read of the article and you’ll see what I mean. I hope this helps you as much as it has helped me! Maybe I should print this out and post it on my wall at work. The green monster comes out to play quite a bit in this environment.