The Thief of Joy

The Five Star Minute · Sep 3, 2026 · 2m

Your house doesn't become smaller because somebody owns a bigger one. Your achievements don't become less meaningful because somebody achieved more. Yet comparison can instantly change how we feel about things we were perfectly happy with moments earlier. Episode 249 explores why comparison can steal our joy and why constantly measuring ourselves against other people's money, appearance, relationships or success is a game we can never finish. Perhaps the comparison that really matters is much simpler: who am I today compared with who I used to be?

Today’s Five Star Minute invites you to slow…