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Chapter 9 Virtue, Lovely and Terrible Book 2
Don't let the excellence of others become your poison
Be magnanimous to the jealousy and malice of others, and you can achieve more.The envious man dies every time his rival succeeds.If the envied person succeeds forever, the envied person is eternal punishment.On the one hand, the trumpet of success sings the glory of the successful, and on the other hand, it also announces the beginning of the painful suffering of the jealous.

Generally speaking, narrow-minded people tend to be jealous of others.And a person's jealousy often makes him take some extreme actions, which is nothing more than a cancer for a person's growth.People often hold an indifferent attitude towards the jealousy of others, but they do not know that the lethality of jealousy is far beyond our imagination. The jealousy of others will destroy you, and when your jealousy burns, it will often hurt you the most .

There is a parable that confirms the above statement.An eagle is often jealous that other eagles fly better than it.One day, it saw a hunter with a bow and arrow, and said to him: "I hope you can help me shoot down the eagle flying in the sky." The hunter said: "If you provide some feathers, I will shoot them down." ’” The eagle then plucked some feathers from its own body and gave them to the hunter, but the hunter missed the other eagles.It offered its feathers to the hunter again and again until most of the feathers on its body were plucked.So the hunter turned and grabbed it and killed it.

Envy does to the envious what rust does to steel.The reason why narrow-minded people cannot avoid the end of failure is that they have bad intentions.It's fine if you don't want others to surpass yourself. What's worse is that when you are unlucky, you want others to have a bad life.To achieve this goal, there is no other way but to hurt others and yourself.

The wise always hold an attitude of contempt for the envious.British writer Thackeray said: "When a person is jealous, he is actually a madman, and his every move cannot be taken seriously."

A jealous person not only takes pleasure from what he owns, but also takes pain from what others have.The envious man is very prone to sorrow, makes life more unhappy, and easily leads to corruption.It corrupts your mind and destroys your heart like the venom of a viper.

Since jealousy is like a toxin, it is necessary to transfer it and not let the fire of jealousy become a rope in the heart.You have to understand that jealousy is essentially destroying yourself without knowing it.A drop of water cannot make an ocean, and a tree cannot make a forest.Cooperation is indispensable for the success of any business, but jealousy will always break up all cooperation and make you accomplish nothing.

Once a person has jealousy, that is, he admits that he is inferior to others, he will lose his mind due to jealousy, and do things that are not worth the loss.Narrow people are always consciously or unconsciously harboring resentment, constantly feeling or reminiscing about the hurt and humiliation in life, the unsatisfactory life and the pain, dissatisfaction, complaints, and even anger, disgust, hostility Others and everything around them are against others everywhere, often on the verge of mental breakdown, accompanied by suspicion and fear all day long, living in jealousy and hatred all their lives, and harboring strong dissatisfaction with someone or something all their lives.In the end, narrow-minded people will be harmed by their own minds and suffer a lot.

The famous Wall Street investment guru Baruch said: "Don't be jealous. The best way is to assume that you can do what others can do, or even do it better." If you want to surpass others, you must start from surpassing yourself.Belief in the excellence of others does not hinder your progress, on the contrary, it may give you unprecedented motivation.In fact, everyone who strives to achieve his career has no time to be jealous of others.

Don't let the excellence of others become your poison, and don't let the advantages of others become your torment. Open your mind and your vision will become broad, and even your enemies will become your friends.Don't be obsessed with preaching bad things about others because of jealousy, because it will only make your reputation bad.

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