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the house of wellness b1 slayn in your lane it should be about you versus yourself words tania gomez one thing you like is not as applicable anymore,' says joanna carlisle from the charles sturt university school of management and marketing "there is a much larger focus on ability with globalisation and improvement in technology for people to switch around travel the world and have different she says data indicates 18 to 24-year-old workers have an average job expectancy of of 17 different jobs across five to seven concept is slowly losing its power "people tend to go into a career for one of paycheck they have real career ambitions and want to get to the top of the industry in most cases passion does not figure into it yet with studies showing people who be more grateful hopeful and happier" and pop culture and the media full of examples of wunderkinds and obsessive not so prof kulkarni says "it's understanding that everybody is fortunate enough to be doing what they work or on the weekend,' she says "passion comes in many forms - it's not just about what you do for a living" our preoccupation with passion emerged after living standards rose and leisure time increased often to find out more about yourself prof kulkarni says "people tend to use external validators to measure themselves against if they're not particularly comfortable with themselves and haven't done a lot of self-reflection no one thing truly excites you step back and take stock of what you have done so far "the better you know yourself and understand what you like what you don't what you re excellent at and what your limitations are the more comfortable you will be with your life decisions." prof kulkarni says how to set your goals once you have identified what you want to achieve alex defines the steps to make it happen always find someone we deem to be better than ourselves of jealousy or inadequacy your own race and beat the only person you ultimately need to yourself how it starts comparisons with other people are totally normal upstairs social beings after all - it's one of the ways we make sense of edited lives people present online "the constant bombardment of perfection can become all-consuming," she says be selective in your comparisons it is almost impossible to completely avoid comparisons "choose to measure yourself based on what you really value not based on shiny stuff that often lacks substance,"alex says is making a difference in the world or how they treat others as opposed to their designer wardrobe or how perfect you think they look in a bikini choose the right goal "if you're working towards something that doesn't align intrinsically with who then you'll never quite be able to get or stay there." have some perspective acknowledge that what you may be comparing yourself to and what in turn can be making you feel jealous or inadequate get the full picture of someone's reality "this can see you lose perspective on your own value and goal-striving and capacity to be clear and specific about what you want to achieve "if you're working towards something fuzzy like be really hard to decide on some action steps and to realise when you've arrived." track your progress often overlooked." use it to your advantage if you find yourself feeling jealous or inadequate compared with think about what you can do this week to improve yourself set some goals and use the energy you would usually spend on comparisons to keep you motivated and focused it is a powerful no better motivator than being the best version of yourself acknowledge your achievements "build in rewards and reinforcements and celebrations!"