One Effective Way to Stop Being Jealous of Your Friends

Think about your goals

“Damn, you’re doing a lot more than me!”

I talked on the phone with a college friend last night. She’s doing crazy shit in her life now.

She’s interning in San Diego, making big money, and she went to Disneyland in just 2 months.

Meanwhile, I’m sitting at home writing articles about how I’m lost in life.

Why hasn’t my writing business taken off yet? Why am I scraping by for money? Why haven’t I gone on vacation yet?

I know you’ve had friends that seem like celebrities to you.

They’re so far ahead of you in the race that you can’t help but marvel at what they’ve accomplished, yet feel like shit for not reaching it.

KEEP THAT FEELING!

Look, I’m not here to tell you that jealousy is the boogie man. Jealousy is always labeled as a negative feeling.

But it can be toxic as hell in a great way.

As soon as I got off the phone with my friend, I instantly worked on my resume and my writing business.

She motivated me without trying.

Jealousy is only terrible if you have zero follow-ups.

If you get jealous and sulk for 8 hours, that’s just sad.

If you get jealous and work your butt off for the next few hours, that’s fuel.

How can you turn jealousy into fuel?

Be specific about your goals. Be specific about your passion.

You can’t work while blind to your aspirations.

I want to be a successful entrepreneurial copywriter who makes 6-figures and owns a million-dollar company.

Make it clear what you want out of your life.

From there, you need to create an actionable plan and initiate it.

Remember this:

Success always comes from constant action and a mindset.

The mindset is jealousy. The action is what you do about it.

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