Where It Started
Peter shares that comparison did not begin with social media for him. It started in childhood. Growing up, he was often compared to other kids. Other students with better grades. Other children getting into better schools. He acknowledges that his parents likely meant well and wanted to motivate him.
But the message he internalized was something deeper. There is always someone ahead of you. Someone doing more. Someone you should measure yourself against. Over time, that mindset became automatic. Even when things were objectively going well, there was still a sense that someone else was doing it better.
That way of thinking followed him into medicine, into his career, and into his finances. He points out that many doctors carry this same pattern. The training environment often reinforces comparison. It becomes normal, even expected, to measure yourself constantly against others.
