I think it can be useful to compare our success, and lack thereof, to other people, as long as we do it with the goal of finding ways we can enhance our success.

If I look at the success of Bill Gates or Steve Jobs and compare myself to them, then I may look very unsuccessful in terms of money and getting lots done.

However, if I compare myself to them in terms of doing what I want to do with my life and being around people I love, then I think I’m doing pretty well.

As with most things in life, it depends upon our motives and how we interpret what we learn from the comparison.

I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing, unless the comparison causes you to have less motivation to achieve your own goals.

Act on your dream!

JD

In the book Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, the author talks about having these negative feelings about rich people, even when he first became one, until he saw them acting in positive ways that he’d never thought of before. That changed his mind and made him realize that the reason he kept losing his money is that he saw rich people as evil, and once he changed his mindset things were better for him.

I want to be rich; no question. I have positive things I want to do that can’t be done if you’re not rich. And I’m happy for all the examples that are out there for me to see.
.-= Mitch´s last blog ..The Secret =-.

I like the way you put that, “I view envying someone else as simply refusing to take ownership of your own precious abilities.”

Rather than feeling bad about someone else’s success, we can invest our efforts into finding our own.

All the best,

JD

Everyone is responsible for their own successes and failures…I view envying someone else as simply refusing to take ownership of your own precious abilities.
.-= Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog ..Learn HOW I got#2 out of 78 MILLION for ‘High SEO’…and how you can too! =-.