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When peer groups turn competitive instead of collaborative

The three of us started this MBA program together and somewhere along the way it became a competition instead of mutual support and now we're all stressed and isolated when we could be helping each other. We still hang out but there's this undercurrent of comparison that makes everything feel performative.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You've let your friendships turn into a competition when you could be helping each other.

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