The Professional Jealousy Bind
Do you ever find yourself feeling jealous or envious of another person's success? They may even be someone you like and admire, but on occasion, you start to compare yourself to them and wonder why you're not having the same result as they are - even when you've been trying similar tactics. This topic has come up in three recent conversations with close friends and colleagues. I was happy to find that I wasn't alone in my experience of professional jealousy, but I also felt like I needed to poke around in the weeds around the issue to see what I could see. Speaking only from my experience, jealousy is a painful emotion and is often the first symptom I notice when I feel stuck in some part of my life - especially my business. Jealousy is one of the emotions that I call a binder - I freeze in my tracks, and my ability to create, connect, and support is difficult, if not impossible, to access. Jealousy is an emotion that sometimes masks itself in my awareness. It's ...