The Green Eyed Monster

When a person feels a third party resource has been acquired by a colleague…
Two emotions have the possibility of surfacing.
One emotion, the more favorable emotion, is feeling happiness for someone else.
Happiness that we have witness a colleague obtain a resource that they needed to continue down their path of success.  
Happiness based on our knowledge of how good an accomplishment feels and our true desire for our colleague to experience joy.

People who are able to feel happy for other people are at terms with their own capabilities.

They do not play the blame game.
They do not attribute their shortcomings on another persons good fortune.
They know that their actions will yield their desired results if they stay proactive.
They know that if we call ourselves professionals, we do not need others to fail in order to succeed.
These are fully mature people of character.

The opposite of feeling happy for someone else is feeling jealous about their accomplishments.
Jealousy is a resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another person.
Jealousy lacks logic.
It does not want to think someone else success is directly linked to the effort that person had to put in.
Jealousy wants other peoples success to stem from luck and favor.
Jealous people ironically want praise for when they succeed even though they are reluctant to give genuine congratulations to others.

Time spent on feeling jealous is time wasted.
Time that could be spent on the productive actions that are required to actually be successful.
Jealousy isn’t respected, nor should it be.

Jealousy will never help build a persons character unless it is the character of the person on the receiving end of the jealousy.

If you find yourself on the receiving end of a jealous person…
It can be a painful experience.
Often, jealous people are bullies.
Even more often, these people were once bullied themselves and were defeated by their bullies.
I urge you to see through these attempts to rain on your much deserved parade.
See jealousy for what it really is…

Jealous actions and comments that take form in gossip and bullying are merely acknowledgement that you are doing something right.

The truth is we do not reach lasting success because we have stomped on other people success.
Some people have not come to terms with this.
It is not your job to help these people see that they are their own worst enemy.
Your job is to continue serving your clients with your level of effort and commitment.
That is something you must become convinced that ONLY you can do.
When you are convinced of that FACT jealous people will begin to hold zero importance in your life.

Keep going.
Remember, every attack on your success is another sign you are becoming indispensable.

#StrikeAmatch