10 Things That Are Seriously Messing With Your Zen

10. An Over-Developed Competitive Streak

Fact: A bit of competition is healthy. It motivates us to do greater things and reveals possibilities that were previously undreamed of.

Because if that bitch from accounts can ask for a raise and get it, then g*dammit so can we.

Problems crop up when an over-developed sense of competition blinds us to everything else that is going on around us.

Put it this way: if we’re too busy being jelly because the 6 ft 2 blonde at the gym scored our crush, we are never going to notice that fit dude who’s been throwing definite hook up signs our way even as we sweated on the elliptical.

The moral: Too much of a good thing can kill you. Unless the good thing involves peanut butter and jelly, because then even if it kills you, you die happy. But in real life, try to focus on a measure of collaboration instead of cutthroat competition. Getting p*ssed off because someone's always two steps ahead of you? Learn from them.