Comments on: How I Stopped Getting Jealous Of Other People’s Success

By: Mindy Kosco

Mindy Kosco — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 20:15:26 +0000

No one is going to put this shit you wrote in action so you wrote it for nothing

By: Disha Tekchandani

Disha Tekchandani — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:28:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experience and how you coped with your negative emotions. I’m trying to tackle some negative feelings myself and your blog surely helped me 🙂

By: Abby Arndt

Abby Arndt — Mon, 22 May 2017 04:20:43 +0000

Thank you for posting this! It has really helped me put things in perspective when I look at other people’s success. I’m just starting out and constantly feel like I’ve been left behind but reading this has been very uplifting and has inspired me to keep going.

By: Melodie Burns

Melodie Burns — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:43:49 +0000

Thanks for the article, I feel like this is something I need to really tackle and not allow it to steal my small joys. I was wondering though how you might approach growth envy of someone who may be at the same level?

By: Martin Miller

Martin Miller — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:29:37 +0000

Great post Alex.

I’m finding that offering no resistance to negative feelings such as jealousy and accepting it as part of the journey takes the sting out of it somewhat. Alchemy and all that jazz.

Thanks again

By: Magazine MN

Magazine MN — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 21:06:00 +0000

Amazing article, Alex!

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:11:28 +0000

Fantastic post! We all run our own races!!

By: Binoj

Binoj — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:46:54 +0000

Alex, the tendency to “Compare” ourselves to that of others, is something like a characteristic we all have cultivated all along our lives right from childhood. And I think we should not blame ourselves for this, but the surroundings. Probably there are many, who have influenced us in building this habit, including but not limited to our parents, siblings, teachers, and all.

I remember my mother comparing me to our neighbour(my friend) who was
studying in the same grade in school. She used to compare me with my friend and
insist me to read out loud while studying. Somehow my mother was convinced with the thought that if you don’t read out loud, you will not learn and you get distracted from reading – the one theory which I don’t understand even now :-).

But the point is, we all are trained in some or other way to do this “Comparison” from our childhood days. And this very characteristic is kind of “embedded” into our thoughts so much so that it takes a lot of time to change. For which, as you rightly mentioned, one has rethink and learn how to re-learn!

Great article Alex.

By: Binoj

Binoj — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:11:53 +0000

alex, it’s a great article.

By: alex

alex — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 10:07:51 +0000

Just in time …. I was almost loosing my mind… Thanks for the great post

By: Harshal Katre

Harshal Katre — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 09:56:46 +0000

Alex, this time you have chosen a topic which I’m sure will resonate with almost all the entrepreneurs out there.

We have a big competitor in India and they spend huge amounts of money on TV & online Ads. When we think about advertising on Google, we are very conservative with the budget and this guy puts their Ads everywhere – even on totally irrelevant places. On top of it, they offer 50%, sometimes 80% discount on pricing.

Until last year, we used to get very discouraged with all this and we used to change our strategy (Pricing. marketing, etc) according to them. But slowly, we realised that this is not going to work.

I stopped following them completely. Never checked their prices, features, Ads, etc after that. We started focusing on what we wanted to do, and that really worked for us.

We were able to think clearly, came with unique features and now created our own name in the market (no matter how small it is right now).

Key here is to stay positive. Jealousy brings negativity and affects your ability to think forward.

Thanks for this post.