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PhosphorusDecree
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10 Jan 2022, 3:20 pm

I think about how many of the people I like are not "successful," and how many of the people I loathe are "successful".* If I don't judge other people's worth by their successes, why should I apply a double standard and judge myself that way?

*before someone leaps in there, I am NOT saying that all successful people are bad and all unsuccessful people are good. Just wanted to head that off.


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10 Jan 2022, 3:24 pm

I feel we are what we are and doing what we should be doing; who knows? there might be somebody envious of you.



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10 Jan 2022, 3:29 pm

Aspinator wrote:
I feel we are what we are and doing what we should be doing; who knows?  There might be somebody envious of you.
Good point.

While in the Navy, envious shipmates reacted to my promotions and awards by accusing me of cheating on exams and sucking up to the officers . . . no, I just did my job and maintained proper military bearing, that's all.



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10 Jan 2022, 6:09 pm

Fnord wrote:
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"I will never amount to anything because Alexander the Great conquered most of the Middle East by the time he was my age."

Is that how you think?
No, I don't compare myself to Alexander the Great I was just pointing out that some people have probably read about him and been inspired not because of his conquests in which probably thousands died but just aspired to achieve something before a certain age. Its a bit like from what I heard Sun Tzu's Art of War has inspired even business men and women over strategies in business not just military strategists.
How does this apply to your envy of other people's success?


It doesn't.