Jemma Sbeg

And so it does create this obsession with personal success, meaning that other individuals in your community, in your kind of social stratosphere, their success doesn't make you ever, is never going to make you feel good the way that it would in a collectivist culture. It's only going to make you feel terrible.

And so it does create this obsession with personal success, meaning that other individuals in your community, in your kind of social stratosphere, their success doesn't make you ever, is never going to make you feel good the way that it would in a collectivist culture. It's only going to make you feel terrible.

So, again, if you're sitting there feeling career jealousy thinking, oh my god, I don't want to feel this way anymore, I feel so bad about it, I just want to be happy for my friend, for my sister, for my relative, for that person, my colleague, often it's not your fault, it's how your brain has been trained.

So, again, if you're sitting there feeling career jealousy thinking, oh my god, I don't want to feel this way anymore, I feel so bad about it, I just want to be happy for my friend, for my sister, for my relative, for that person, my colleague, often it's not your fault, it's how your brain has been trained.

So, again, if you're sitting there feeling career jealousy thinking, oh my god, I don't want to feel this way anymore, I feel so bad about it, I just want to be happy for my friend, for my sister, for my relative, for that person, my colleague, often it's not your fault, it's how your brain has been trained.

The other really insidious part of comparison that we haven't mentioned is comparison, specifically negative upward social comparison, often continues even when you do find success. So there are a lot of examples of what we call the achievement treadmill.

The other really insidious part of comparison that we haven't mentioned is comparison, specifically negative upward social comparison, often continues even when you do find success. So there are a lot of examples of what we call the achievement treadmill.

The other really insidious part of comparison that we haven't mentioned is comparison, specifically negative upward social comparison, often continues even when you do find success. So there are a lot of examples of what we call the achievement treadmill.

where people who have seemingly done it all, they are happy, successful, fulfilled, they're at the top of their game, they still feel like they could be doing better. They still feel like there is more to achieve. And so you are never happy with where you are. This is why we really, really need to tackle this comparison, cyclical comparison sickness almost,

where people who have seemingly done it all, they are happy, successful, fulfilled, they're at the top of their game, they still feel like they could be doing better. They still feel like there is more to achieve. And so you are never happy with where you are. This is why we really, really need to tackle this comparison, cyclical comparison sickness almost,

where people who have seemingly done it all, they are happy, successful, fulfilled, they're at the top of their game, they still feel like they could be doing better. They still feel like there is more to achieve. And so you are never happy with where you are. This is why we really, really need to tackle this comparison, cyclical comparison sickness almost,

Early on in our lives, early on in our 20s, perhaps before you found success, because otherwise, if you get into this mindset of I can always be doing better, I can always have more. That is also the mindset that is going to make you deeply, deeply unhappy. I want to talk about one final reason here as to why career jealousy is probably on the rise. We talked about social media.

Early on in our lives, early on in our 20s, perhaps before you found success, because otherwise, if you get into this mindset of I can always be doing better, I can always have more. That is also the mindset that is going to make you deeply, deeply unhappy. I want to talk about one final reason here as to why career jealousy is probably on the rise. We talked about social media.

Early on in our lives, early on in our 20s, perhaps before you found success, because otherwise, if you get into this mindset of I can always be doing better, I can always have more. That is also the mindset that is going to make you deeply, deeply unhappy. I want to talk about one final reason here as to why career jealousy is probably on the rise. We talked about social media.

We talked about how there's more room for comparison. Let's not just talk about the very nature of our professional environments right now or the job market. Simply put, the job market right now is so difficult. I know a lot of you have been experiencing this personally. You've been DMing me saying, I just, what am I doing wrong?

We talked about how there's more room for comparison. Let's not just talk about the very nature of our professional environments right now or the job market. Simply put, the job market right now is so difficult. I know a lot of you have been experiencing this personally. You've been DMing me saying, I just, what am I doing wrong?

We talked about how there's more room for comparison. Let's not just talk about the very nature of our professional environments right now or the job market. Simply put, the job market right now is so difficult. I know a lot of you have been experiencing this personally. You've been DMing me saying, I just, what am I doing wrong?

Maybe like you've been looking for a job for months, nothing is coming your way. eventually when we're in that situation, we're going to start to think that something is wrong with us. But objectively, I want to tell you right now, job vacancies are declining. There is increased competition for a smaller number of positions.

Maybe like you've been looking for a job for months, nothing is coming your way. eventually when we're in that situation, we're going to start to think that something is wrong with us. But objectively, I want to tell you right now, job vacancies are declining. There is increased competition for a smaller number of positions.

Maybe like you've been looking for a job for months, nothing is coming your way. eventually when we're in that situation, we're going to start to think that something is wrong with us. But objectively, I want to tell you right now, job vacancies are declining. There is increased competition for a smaller number of positions.