WHO WANTS TO WIN THAT?

Another way to have more fun at work (and at home) is to stop competing and comparing yourself to those around you. Such comparisons do little but generate negative internal feelings, which are of no benefit to you whatsoever.

And while a little healthy competition is good, too many people tend to internalize secret competitions with their co-workers, friends and even family members. We size up their home, their car, their lifestyle and even their clothes and children. Meanwhile we torture ourselves inside with thoughts that we should be somehow be going just a little bit better than them.

Would your life be better if their car was repossessed, their child was in trouble or they had to move to a smaller home because of economic circumstances?

Would you be happier in the office if the number one producer in your office lost their best referral source? inside you might be thinking that you just gained some ground in your imaginary competition, but the reality is that your circumstances are completely unaffected by such events. 

So have ore fun this year by ending any "secret competitions" because your life and your work expectations should never be based on those of others. Base them on your own values because that's what truly matters.