Cam Johnson’s Reviews > The Cost of Ambition: How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us Worse > Status Update

“Christianity has no interest in stripping humans of differences. Far from wanting to create some generic pure humanity, its goal is ‘only to make humans pure’— with all their differences.” (Pg. 32)

Such a neat chapter about the harm of restless comparison. A peaceful call to the “joy of being” in Christ and rest in God’s love for us despite our skills, looks, and other characteristics.

“Striving for superiority over others creates the feelings of inferiority that it purports to solve; it is highly contagious in cultural systems and social structures; it creates distortive and deceptive views of reality; and incentivizes the pursuit of low-value goods for the sake of status and minimizes the value of excellence.” (Pg. 17)

This book is not a doozy 😮‍💨 a lot to chew on…