Competitive jealousy.

The good, bad and ugly of mobilising competition as a tool for success.

There’s this feeling I term competitive jealousy.

It’s not meant to be malicious. I’m happy for my friends and peers, and even strangers who find success in their respective fields.

I do however, have this nagging competitively jealous voice in my head that always poses the same question. If they could, why couldn’t you? And my answer is, I could’ve. To which the rebuttal is, so why didn’t you?

This competitive jealousy is such a powerful forward driver for me that I often pivot on projects I’m working on to make progress on whatever field I’ve seen another person find success in.

That inspiration although incredibly motivating prevents me from moving solely in one direction for a sustained period of time.

I suppose that’s why those who have found greater success than myself in fields I personally feel more adept in.

Their singular movement and consistency allows them more opportunity, to get lucky, to make noise in the right spaces and to do the things I’m competitively jealous of.

UMIR.