How do I stop being jealous of others success?
Anonymous
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Apr 17, 2018
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Tey creating your own success!! You can do so many things that are considered as a great accomplishment for example, donate to the poor, feed a street cat, or even consider tutoring someone a subject your good at, take your gurdian out for tea, thats all wonderful things that will make you feel accomplished and successed
Anonymous
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Apr 17, 2018
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I think the key to keeping the jealous thoughts at bay in regards to success is to look at how far you have come. Every person's journey is going to look different and if you focus on how far you have come, you will be more grateful for your own accomplishments. Comparing ourselves to others is so easy to do but it becomes the main source of jealousy.
iammarieyournewfriend
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May 27, 2019
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YOU are NOT in a competition with other people. You are in a competition with yourself.
You need to improve the old you to the new you and that is how you become successful in your own way.
Seeing other succeed may feel like your left behind in a certain aspect (relationship, career, family life, etc.). It just means that you are a work in progress and that to is beautiful and normal.
Successful people also felt the way you do now. Take one step at a time towards your dreams goals in life.
Never give up. The light bulb was invented with more than a hundred failed attempts before it became what it is today.
enchantingSky79
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Dec 31, 2019
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Most people have a different path in life, nobody has the exact life and experiences that you had. You might have similar struggles in comparison to someone else but you might also have different goals and talents. They might feel ready to have a family and kids and you might not or they might want things that you don’t. There are many things that lead to success, maybe you were meant to do something else or you had to take the longer path to it because you struggled with issues that that person didn’t struggle with (discrimination, disability, race problems, etc.) Nature is not in a hurry but everything gets done.
Anonymous
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Jul 21, 2020
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In life, it's very easy to get stuck comparing yourself with others and always pitting your successes against theirs. However, living with a mindset like this doesn't really get you anywhere when you're always subconsciously competing with others. The best way to not be jealous of others is to focus on your own accomplishments and goals in life. Remember that we're all running our own metaphorical races in life and we don't accomplish anything by comparing ourselves with others. The best thing to do is to always focus on your own self-improvement. And also, make sure to take the time to appreciate yourself and be proud of yourself for the things that you do!
EmpathicPikachu
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Mar 23, 2021
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First of all, you need to recognize the emotion the right way. In jealousy you want someone's success to be gone or their success becomes yours with them turning out to be failures. While being envious is when you wish the same success like someone else without meaning them harm. After recognizing your emotion, you can start working on them. Its normal to feel these emotions sometimes in life when we see other people getting success either through their sheer hard work or sometimes luck. Success is different for everybody like for some people attaining their financial freedom and money is definition of success and for some, helping people is their definition of success while for others its being popular. There are people who find success (Mark Z.) early while there are others who find it late (Harland Sanders). Understanding your version of success can also help you see things in different perspective. Sometimes the bigger thing we can do is to accept ourselves. There will always be someone who is better than you at something but there will also be things where you will be better than many others. Take the emotion as motivation to work towards your goals ( which do not need to be the same as everyone else ) in a healthy competitive way. In the end, I'd share something which I learned from my elders i.e. Each and every person has their own path which they have to walk themselves. Sometimes, some people's paths cross ours but the path we have always stay different. So, always lift yourself up when you feel down for not achieving something early or at the right time, work hard. Getting success through luck might feel good but the real success one gets through by sheer amount of their will and hardwork is the best feeling. Always smile, be empathetic, be happy for others and you will find a new perspective to see things. Wish you best of luck.
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