Envy is also based on a false comparison, like comparing uncooked ingredients to a delicious baked pie. Envying others, we see only the end result or the final product—the delicious dessert. But in ourselves, we see all the not-so-tasty starting ingredients and are aware of all the real work required to combine them into a successful end product. W

The modern world makes it hard not to constantly track your progress against someone else’s: Glassdoor salaries, home square footage, vacation selfies, and your Bumble date’s high school soccer stats can be instantly summoned with a Google search.