{"id":58,"date":"2008-01-27T15:47:49","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T14:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neuropoolwp-com.beast-hosting.com\/2008\/01\/27\/gelb-vor-neid-was-kann-ich-dagegen-tun\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T22:16:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T20:16:14","slug":"gelb-vor-neid-was-kann-ich-dagegen-tun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/reports\/self-help\/gelb-vor-neid-was-kann-ich-dagegen-tun.html","title":{"rendered":"Yellow with envy, what can I do about it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/neid.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"An envious man\" title=\"What can I do against envy?\" width=\"441\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/neid.jpg 441w, https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/neid-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">Envy is one of the<\/font>It is one of the most unhealthy feelings because if it gets out of control, it inevitably leads to depression, hatred, anger and imbalance. It is one of the most unhealthy feelings, because if envy gets out of control, it inevitably leads to depression, hatred, anger and imbalance - in short, it makes our lives unbearable.<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">How is it that we become envious of other people or their possessions? Only because we focus on the wrong things in life. <\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">We concentrate too much on <strong>1. our own failure<\/strong> and <strong>2. the success of others.<\/strong> <\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">How can we direct our focus in the right direction and learn to be happy with ourselves?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">Our biggest problem is that we set ourselves too high goals in too short a time, which we can't necessarily fulfil. If we don't achieve the goal we set ourselves, we become dissatisfied and see ourselves as failures. <\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">'I don't have as nice a car as my neighbour.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">'I don't have as cool clothes as my classmates.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">There are the proverbial rose-coloured glasses, well, most people wear black glasses that only filter through the negative. Your neighbour may have a nicer car, but why do you care? What would change in your life if he had a less attractive car? Let him live his life the way he wants to, after all, it's none of your business. <\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">This leads us to an important realisation: every person is different, we are all <em>unique.<\/em><span style=\"font-style: normal\"> Our lives go in a completely different direction to those of any other person. So what is the point of comparing ourselves with someone else? <\/span><\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\">Have you realised that <\/span><em>you<\/em><span style=\"font-style: normal\"> you are unique, that there is no one else like you, then think about what makes you so unique, how you differ from others. <\/span><\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">So let's turn away from the thoughts of all the things we <\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><em>not <\/em><\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\">to the things or characteristics that we have <\/span><\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><em>have. <\/em><\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\">Ironically, there are a lot of things that we <\/span><\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><em>have, <\/em><\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\">that others envy us for. We just don't see them sometimes. <\/span><\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\">Now that you have realised how much positive <\/span><\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><em>have, <\/em><\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\">and what makes you unique, how much you can offer yourself, we turn to the second aspect:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><font face=\"verdana\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\"><strong>Focusing too much on others<\/strong><\/span><\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><font face=\"verdana\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\"><span>You have to live your own life, not someone else's. Go your own way by realising what you really want for yourself. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/2004\/04\/12\/der-einzig-sichere-weg-erfolgreich-zu-sein\/\">We all have different <\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/2004\/04\/12\/der-einzig-sichere-weg-erfolgreich-zu-sein\/\">Value systems<\/a>by which we measure our personal success, find out what <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none\"><span>yours <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\">Value system is<\/font><font face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none\"><span>. We often set ourselves<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none\"><span>ele that are not really our own. They are born out of society's ideas and norms. It is 'expected' that you find an opposite-sex partner, get married and bring one or two children into the world. But maybe you are homosexual or simply not interested in marriage and children. If you still don't have a spouse at 35, but all your friends do, you feel (quite wrongly) like a failure. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; text-decoration: none\"> <font face=\"verdana\">Or, to come back to your neighbour's car, he drives a fancy car that you would like to have yourself, but on your list of priorities it comes after regular holidays and the flat-screen TV. <\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\"><span style=\"font-style: normal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none\"><span>It is important for you to first find out what your true desires in life are, and then <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: none\"><span>to block out everything else.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal\"><font face=\"verdana\">Your life path may involve you becoming the best animal carer in the world and helping lots of animals in need. There's no point in being jealous of someone who is a famous actor, because that's not what you want. <\/font><font face=\"verdana\"><em>be <\/em><\/font><font face=\"verdana\">Life's journey, not yours.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal\"><font face=\"verdana\">If you focus on your own life and, more precisely, on everything you have already achieved, your envy will turn into honest respect for your fellow human beings. You will learn to pass this respect on to them, to make them feel good, which will inevitably come back to you. You can draw inspiration for your life's journey from people you respect. In other words, transforming envy into respect enriches your own life. <\/font> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal\"><font face=\"verdana\">Now you see things in the right light, not filtered through black glasses. You learn to see and appreciate what you have already achieved, not what you have not achieved. <\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">When do you know that you have managed to control your envy of other people? <\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">When you are genuinely happy for your fellow human beings when something good happens to them. <\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"verdana\">And many people would envy you for this ability. <\/font> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Neid geh\u00f6rt zu den Empfindungen, die wir sogar uns selbst gegen\u00fcber nicht gern eingestehen. Es ist eines der unges\u00fcndesten Gef\u00fchle, denn ger\u00e4t der Neid au\u00dfer Kontrolle, f\u00fchrt er unweigerlich zu Depression, Hass, Wut und Unausgeglichenheit, kurz, macht unser Leben unertr\u00e4glich. Wie kommt es dazu, dass wir neidisch auf andere Mitmenschen oder deren Besitz werden? 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