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A tricky step with envy is acknowledging that you feel it. It’s easily confused with other more known emotions, such as joy or anger. If you don’t recognize it, it’ll be much more difficult for you to work with it.
When you feel envious, you possess an undeveloped potential. You should reflect on this fact. Ask yourself why you haven’t managed to be or do what you envy in another.
Another line of reflection is oriented towards empathy . If you feel envious, you should try and identify the reasons why the person you envy got something you wanted for yourself.
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Envy
Envy is a universal emotion that we’ve all experienced at some time or another. It isn’t easy to transform envy into learning. A problem occurs when it starts to take you over and predominates your emotional state.
Those who succumb to it and cause damage to others often end up los...
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Envy is a complex passion
It’s directly related to a lack of self-esteem and autonomy. It’s also connected with a lack of empathy. Those who envy aren’t evil, but they’re people who’ve failed to make healthy assessments of themselves. They’re unable to transform their envy because they possess strong dou...
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The nature of envy
They feel linked to the other being, in many cases without even being conscious of the fact. If you ask them about the other, they’ll speak badly of them.
Deep down, they’ve developed a strong identification with the person they envy. They feel that the other person has som...
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The importance of empathy
Envy-inspired behaviors are more likely in contexts that make empathy difficult, such as where there’s competition. In addition, it’s often the source of prejudice. Envious people might say, “he’s not supposed to be so successful; I’ve worked far harder than he h...
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The nature of envy
They feel linked to the other being, in many cases without even being conscious of the fact. If you ask them about the other, they’ll speak badly of them.
Deep down, they’ve developed a strong identification with the person they envy. They feel that the other person has som...
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Uncontrolled envy prevents asking questions
For example, do they know exactly how much the person they’re so envious of had to fight to obtain what they have? Or what barriers they’ve had to overcome? Are they capable of constructively identifying the values that have produced the differences between the two of them that prove so annoying ...
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Law of envy - draw attention away from yourself
Humans constantly compare themselves with one another.
When we feel envious, we deny our envy as it implies inferiority. Instead, we tell ourselves that we’re just angry or indignant.
Envious people can turn hostile and actively seek to hurt you, whether consciously or unconsciously. ...
Move beyond envy
1. Get closer to those you envy
You’ll see that they also have problems
2. Counter envy with gratitude Compare yourself with those who have less than you
3. Actively cultivate empathy in your day-to-day life
Tell yourself to feel joy for other pe...
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