Coping with Job Jealousy

It is important to understand that normally jealousy stems from feeling inadequate or having low self-esteem. If we do not feel good about ourselves, it is certainly very difficult for us to feel good about other people.

We need to begin to follow a concept known as fake it until you make it. By doing this, we may begin to be happy for other people’s accomplishments. When we learn about a friend that has gotten a much better job, instead of displaying negative attitudes, we can congratulate them on their new job. If someone has purchased a new home that we certainly cannot afford, we can make a simple phone call saying how happy we are for them. Once you begin to do this, you may begin to actually feel happy for those that have success.

In the meantime, you need to begin working on yourself. You may need to begin to take some action in your life to make necessary changes. You may be afraid of looking for a new job or starting a new relationship, and this fear will prevent us from taking action. You can always start with some simple steps. We need to start to behave and act more positively.

This can even be each morning telling ourselves we can have the best day ever. It might mean that we start to eat healthier and exercise daily. Instead of being bitter about other people’s accomplishments, we need to take pride in our own accomplishments.

Once we have begun to make some small changes in our life, we may start to see those feelings of jealousy starting to go way. The key to being filled with peace and serenity is to not look at other people but to look at ourselves.

Life is too short to be unhappy and we have the ability to make changes in our lives every day we wake up.

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