How did you overcome workplace jealousy? For promotions, projects, and so on

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I reassess my relationship to my job. My job is not who I am as a person, it’s how I make a living. Would a promotion be nice? Sure. Am I struggling financially as it stands? For me, the answer is thankfully no. So long as that promotion isn’t the deciding factor in me getting by or not, I try to take a step back and evaluate how much happiness would I actually get from receiving that promotion? And how long would that last before pining for the next best thing?

Easier said than done. But it helps me to try to reframe all of this when I start getting too in my feelings over my job/the last thing bringing me joy in my life.

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This was really helpful. Thank you 💫

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You befriend the said person you are jealous of. Cause, then they can help you get that next promotion, project, and so on. It’s like if your best friend from home got a role in a big movie. Sure, you can be jealous that they living your dream or you can be happy for them and ask them to help you get in a role in a movie since they have more power.

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