>>408
I get VERY jealous about people who are superior to me and I use that jealousy to fuel my self-improvement. Most people say jealousy is an irrational and childish feeling but it is not because then we wouldn't have it as human beings, whether it was God or evolution that gave it to us it has it's uses.
eg: when I see some rich guy driving in a fancy car, I don't necessarily hate him because it's good that he has these things, but I hate the fact that I don't, so I rarely get lazy anymore and I don't skip any important work because it's hard to be idle when you think about all those people better than you and when you can be just like them or even better. In fact, I would even say that that is the primary purpose of jealousy, to help us improve and get better than who we are but just like with everything else, it's good in moderation, too much and it will consume you.
>>410
>Short story is you can't derive your self-worth from being better than others, because you'll always be able to find someone whose better than you at something (or a lot of things). Who has worth in that system, if anyone?
This is also true, there will always be people better than you, there is nothing you can do about it and don't take it too seriously. Sometimes it can also be the case that you simply suck at that thing that you are doing, there is no shame in that, you are simply not cut out for it and your talent lies elsewhere, you have to accept it and find the things that you ARE good at because not everyone is good at everything.
Instead of always comparing yourself to others, you should sometimes compare yourself to who you were in the past and ask yourself if you are better now than before and if you are happy with your position, then it shouldn't matter who is better than you.