How to Stop Competing With Peers and Start Connecting

How to Stop, Competing With Peers, and Start Connecting.

'Newsweek' offered readers some expert advice on how to build healthy relationships and avoid having a competitive mindset.

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'Newsweek' offered readers some expert advice on how to build healthy relationships and avoid having a competitive mindset.

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Celebrate your peers' successes, To avoid negative competitive feelings like jealousy, try to internalize other people's success as a positive thing.

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Celebrate your peers' successes, To avoid negative competitive feelings like jealousy, try to internalize other people's success as a positive thing.

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Priscila Martinez of The Brand Agency suggests that offering a co-worker a sincere congratulations can help you escape a competitive headspace.

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Priscila Martinez of The Brand Agency suggests that offering a co-worker a sincere congratulations can help you escape a competitive headspace.

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Find meaning and value in relationships, Be mindful that, just as you bring your own gifts and talents to the table, so do your peers.

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According to Barbara Rubel of the Griefwork Center, connect with peers with a shared vision and be humble enough to let them teach you what you don't know.

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Empathy is a powerful tool, Feeling empathy doesn't only apply to sadness.

You can also share in other people's victories.

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Cheri Beranek of Clearfield recommends recognizing the potential struggles that others had to overcome to achieve success.

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Embrace your uniqueness, No two people are exactly the same, meaning that there is no true comparison.

Be your best you and celebrate yourself.

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Seek connection through common interests, See beyond your professional setting to find fellow humans who shares the same interests to build authentic connections.