Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with professional envy?
by naikas on Monday July 15, 2019 @08:27AM
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I think that the comments have covered pretty much everything to break the problem into fundamentals. I would just like to add that:
- professional envy is futile
- use the opportunity to step aside for a while, and think of a another route to get ahead of the person you are jealous of
This way you would not just stop wasting time in constant comparison, but also likely to find a constructive mechanism to beat your competition.
In my little career, whenever I found myself being jealous of others, I thought harder to differentiate myself, isolate from comparison/competition, and always learnt something new to get ahead.
In the end, I don't know if my own narrative of professional journey would reach my milestones, but I am 100% sure that I wouldn't be too jealous.
This way you would not just stop wasting time in constant comparison, but also likely to find a constructive mechanism to beat your competition.
In my little career, whenever I found myself being jealous of others, I thought harder to differentiate myself, isolate from comparison/competition, and always learnt something new to get ahead.
In the end, I don't know if my own narrative of professional journey would reach my milestones, but I am 100% sure that I wouldn't be too jealous.