Jemma Sbeg

Let's start with a nice good old-fashioned explanation. It's pretty simple. Career jealousy describes feeling envious almost exclusively towards someone's professional life compared to your own and seeing something in their life or professional success that you want or maybe even feel that you deserve and Let's be super, super clear here. It is so much more common than you think.

Let's start with a nice good old-fashioned explanation. It's pretty simple. Career jealousy describes feeling envious almost exclusively towards someone's professional life compared to your own and seeing something in their life or professional success that you want or maybe even feel that you deserve and Let's be super, super clear here. It is so much more common than you think.

Jealousy in general is a very universal human emotion, of course. About 75% of people polled in a recent piece of research said, reported that they experienced jealousy at least once last year. And career jealousy is in fact one of the top ways that we experience this feeling after firstly material jealousy and interpersonal jealousy.

Jealousy in general is a very universal human emotion, of course. About 75% of people polled in a recent piece of research said, reported that they experienced jealousy at least once last year. And career jealousy is in fact one of the top ways that we experience this feeling after firstly material jealousy and interpersonal jealousy.

Jealousy in general is a very universal human emotion, of course. About 75% of people polled in a recent piece of research said, reported that they experienced jealousy at least once last year. And career jealousy is in fact one of the top ways that we experience this feeling after firstly material jealousy and interpersonal jealousy.

So feeling jealous of the relationships that someone has with someone else. Current estimates say that around 27% of people experience career jealousy in their lifetime, with that typically spiking at two different points in time. The first one, of course, is our 20s, and the second one is actually in our 50s. Of course, unsurprisingly, it is exceedingly common in our 20s, as I just said.

So feeling jealous of the relationships that someone has with someone else. Current estimates say that around 27% of people experience career jealousy in their lifetime, with that typically spiking at two different points in time. The first one, of course, is our 20s, and the second one is actually in our 50s. Of course, unsurprisingly, it is exceedingly common in our 20s, as I just said.

So feeling jealous of the relationships that someone has with someone else. Current estimates say that around 27% of people experience career jealousy in their lifetime, with that typically spiking at two different points in time. The first one, of course, is our 20s, and the second one is actually in our 50s. Of course, unsurprisingly, it is exceedingly common in our 20s, as I just said.

And I would even say more so now in this generation compared to those who have come before. It's common in our 20s, I think, because insecurity around just about everything is common in our 20s. It is such a general experience that we are all going to have to feel as if we have absolutely no clue what we're doing. In almost all areas of our life.

And I would even say more so now in this generation compared to those who have come before. It's common in our 20s, I think, because insecurity around just about everything is common in our 20s. It is such a general experience that we are all going to have to feel as if we have absolutely no clue what we're doing. In almost all areas of our life.

And I would even say more so now in this generation compared to those who have come before. It's common in our 20s, I think, because insecurity around just about everything is common in our 20s. It is such a general experience that we are all going to have to feel as if we have absolutely no clue what we're doing. In almost all areas of our life.

And so when we see someone who apparently does know what they're doing, it can be shocking and immediately elicit a sense of panic. Like, wait, hold up a second. Is it just me who's falling behind? Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there something that no one is telling me that these people have somehow figured out?

And so when we see someone who apparently does know what they're doing, it can be shocking and immediately elicit a sense of panic. Like, wait, hold up a second. Is it just me who's falling behind? Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there something that no one is telling me that these people have somehow figured out?

And so when we see someone who apparently does know what they're doing, it can be shocking and immediately elicit a sense of panic. Like, wait, hold up a second. Is it just me who's falling behind? Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there something that no one is telling me that these people have somehow figured out?

Now, if those thoughts aren't deliberately shut down pretty quickly, this can become a chronic thought pattern for us. And that obviously takes a massive toll on our self-esteem. It can also have us looking around for more evidence that we are indeed failures. So we start thinking.

Now, if those thoughts aren't deliberately shut down pretty quickly, this can become a chronic thought pattern for us. And that obviously takes a massive toll on our self-esteem. It can also have us looking around for more evidence that we are indeed failures. So we start thinking.

Now, if those thoughts aren't deliberately shut down pretty quickly, this can become a chronic thought pattern for us. And that obviously takes a massive toll on our self-esteem. It can also have us looking around for more evidence that we are indeed failures. So we start thinking.

Selectively searching or seeking out further examples of what we have now already tend to believe about ourself, that we're behind, that we don't know what we're doing, that we are the only ones. It's a very nasty trick that our mind plays on us.

Selectively searching or seeking out further examples of what we have now already tend to believe about ourself, that we're behind, that we don't know what we're doing, that we are the only ones. It's a very nasty trick that our mind plays on us.

Selectively searching or seeking out further examples of what we have now already tend to believe about ourself, that we're behind, that we don't know what we're doing, that we are the only ones. It's a very nasty trick that our mind plays on us.