Jordan Peterson: How to Stop Being Envious

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  • čas přidán 22. 05. 2019
  • in this video Jordan Peterson explains how to stop being envious of other people. Jordan explains the good side of envy and then talks about how devastating it can be on your life. Then Jordan explains how to stop being envious. Envy can be consuming and trigger depression and or anxiety if not put in check.

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  • @missdeep6260
    @missdeep6260 Před 2 lety +184

    Jealousy and envy is eating my soul up I had to find a video to help me i just wanna stop

    • @PrayintheSpirit
      @PrayintheSpirit Před 2 lety +14

      But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
      Hey when you put God and eternity in the light of things and put him first you have a peace that passes all understanding no matter how bad things are getting . When you come to Jesus truly you receive a Spirit of love, power and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 Before I was agnostic and secular but Jesus is the truth!

    • @PrayintheSpirit
      @PrayintheSpirit Před 2 lety +5

      Philippians 4
      6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
      7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

    • @boatengphilip2134
      @boatengphilip2134 Před 2 lety +5

      I'm experiencing same here.

    • @lollmao249
      @lollmao249 Před rokem +8

      The fact that you are observing it is a really good start , Hope you change for the better remember that no one has a perfect life no one

    • @supermad31
      @supermad31 Před rokem +1

      I hear you sister

  • @wematter4870
    @wematter4870 Před 9 měsíci +20

    "I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet "
    I remind my self with this quote.

  • @glendaphilips8249
    @glendaphilips8249 Před rokem +27

    A colleague once mentioned a really powerful statement: "Comparison is the thief of joy." This is absolutely true and it's something I struggle with day in and day out. I'm constantly comparing myself to better looking women. Thankfully I don't have a social media account! But this video is super helpful! Jordan's wisdom is so important in the deeply broken and dark world we live in!

  • @simohayha1217
    @simohayha1217 Před 2 lety +31

    "A dumb person is a person who is so envious, always crying, and didn't do anything for his/her achievement and wish."
    Anonymous

    • @POPDATA
      @POPDATA Před rokem +3

      Im dumb

    • @jackjack4412
      @jackjack4412 Před rokem

      I think the envious person is aware that they're unacomplished and really a POS.

  • @rogene11100
    @rogene11100 Před rokem +7

    Not gonna lie, that helped. I openly admit that I am envious of attractive people as well, but i am constantly understanding it, and finding ways to feel better and less sad or angry.

  • @sumboyuknow9764
    @sumboyuknow9764 Před 2 lety +37

    This video helped me. 4 years of college and all that hard work didn't pay off. I hope I get over this and be happy with just graduating...

    • @CarlCyborg
      @CarlCyborg Před rokem +5

      what do you mean it didn’t pay off? at least you are graduating 😅 i’m in year 2 and it’s been tuff but it’s always good to strive forward no matter what

    • @sumboyuknow9764
      @sumboyuknow9764 Před rokem +5

      @@CarlCyborg it's so good to be young... full of naivety. You'll get it soon enough.

    • @lailaplaysdbd4004
      @lailaplaysdbd4004 Před 11 měsíci +1

      I understand what you mean. I'm going into my third year of college now.

  • @MathewHull64
    @MathewHull64 Před 2 lety +39

    envy fucking sucks dude, its a silent killer of the soul...

  • @chandimarajapaksha2496
    @chandimarajapaksha2496 Před 4 lety +42

    this is damn good

  • @POPDATA
    @POPDATA Před rokem +2

    This is the side of Jordan I love. He seems intimidating when he speaks to large audiences but when it comes to one on one livestreams he seems so genuine and kind

  • @Cherryb45265
    @Cherryb45265 Před 2 lety +12

    I am struggling with it because I have disabilities and I just want to make my house easier so that I can do things it's very hard for me to do things around my house because I don't have things that help my disability I think I am envious of people who don't seem to appreciate what they have.
    I am trying to focus on the Kingdom of heaven and the wonderful things that God has provided. I am thankful for my meals for my warm but there is this sense of fear but I can't just do the things that I need.

  • @Miguelc271086
    @Miguelc271086 Před rokem +8

    My mistakes have brought me here. Stupid, arrogant, antisocial and pathetic. And now envy and jealousy… I need to change or this will consume me

  • @ZuroiA
    @ZuroiA Před 9 měsíci +4

    I envy how my friend is effortlessly cruising through life: way above average salary along with plenty of spare time, easy going, has a lot of friends, helps his family - all that while he is younger than me. He's an awesome guy! But I started being so jealous of him lately, it drives me nuts..

    • @timothythompson8129
      @timothythompson8129 Před měsícem

      End the friendship

    • @ZuroiA
      @ZuroiA Před měsícem

      @@timothythompson8129 why?

    • @timothythompson8129
      @timothythompson8129 Před měsícem

      @@ZuroiA go it alone, and don't let anybody weigh you down. It's what I've done. Eventually you learn to love your own company and with no distractions in life, you can manifest experiences and items with ease and eventually people will seek you out.

    • @ZuroiA
      @ZuroiA Před měsícem +1

      @@timothythompson8129 I am glad you've gotten stronger on your own - props to your willpower and character
      In my case I think getting rid of a good friend who has a better life experience is a selfish move. I would rather combat my envy than my friends

  • @eddykohlmann471
    @eddykohlmann471 Před 2 lety +26

    My envy just vanished in a matter of seconds. 🤣

  • @solffie9613
    @solffie9613 Před 3 lety +9

    i needed this..

  • @charleshurstreinvention3959

    Envy comes from comparision to others. The world is rough and mean. As Jordan Peterson said, "the world is against you . . . obviously." But as I told my own subscribers, many times the greatest enemy in life can be yourself. And you make yourself an enemy by comparision to others. If you make 80K a year and have 200K in the investment arenas you will feel badly if you have a friend who makes 250K and has a million in his. But you will feel good about yourself if you compare yourself to someone who makes 30K and has nothing in his accounts. But maybe that 250K person works 80 hours a week and hasn't had a vacation in ten years. The point is, your journey is yours. How much you want to work and gain to get the greatest benefits you can from your short time on earth---and most of those benefits, my friends, are not financial. Hope this helps someone----Charles

  • @KZ_MMA_
    @KZ_MMA_ Před 2 lety +3

    I love Jordan Peterson

  • @penny9107
    @penny9107 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you!

  • @lucasance6076
    @lucasance6076 Před rokem +2

    I needed this

  • @Hugo-xj2mj
    @Hugo-xj2mj Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you

  • @m.alishaikh3693
    @m.alishaikh3693 Před 2 lety +7

    These are the exact words i needed to hear, thank you uploader!

  • @xarmanhsh2981
    @xarmanhsh2981 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This video is now in my gym playlist

  • @shwetanarayan8839
    @shwetanarayan8839 Před rokem

    What a relief!!

  • @katec9893
    @katec9893 Před rokem +3

    I loved this, v helpful. Julia Cameron who wrote The Artist's Way sums this up as 'green is the colour of envy, but its also the colour of hope.' I'm struggling with envying someone who seems to be doing well in a career I've been working towards for a long time. I have had a really difficult few years with multiple family bereavements and episodic suicidal depression. In between the losses I pick my work up and start working on my goals again. But the multiple losses and all of the grief meant I wasn't able to so far build momentum to launch my career. I'll keep going, focusing on my own progress rather than the success of others (which often isn't all it seems, as social media is a place where people present an image that isn't always the full picture.)

  • @Ironswiftness
    @Ironswiftness Před rokem +4

    I feel like a lucky (or very intelligent) select few have found the key and thus a way to do what they were meant to do and make a ton of money doing it. I get jealous of those people who seem to have things all sorted while I am kind of aimless other than the goal of finding more success.

  • @linhschannel2378
    @linhschannel2378 Před rokem

    This video is very helpful 💖.

  • @idowugracious2939
    @idowugracious2939 Před rokem +1

    I am envious of people around me. I have a huge love for hairs and it takes up my time each day. I don't have a business or money to even start. I so badly want to sell hairs. I see my friends having the money to buy hairs. And not only hairs, anything they want. Now, it's more than hairs. It's just having to take care so well of my siblings and mom. I owe it to myself and my dad, I love him so much. Rip. I am a freelance writer. I also love love to write. Envy makes me cry so much. Things are going so slow in my life and I can't do what I want to do. I am a good person but things are still slow. And envy is killing me. But you have told me to hold my ground and look deeper. I have found that I need to put in the work and focus on me to grow. No matter how slow. I have seen the dark side that tells me, oh, I am not doing this one right. I want to do it right. So I can get all the things I want to get. I will. There's hope in envy. God is my hope. My family is my hope. And I'm taking it one step at a time. ❤️ I hope to come back to edit this and say I made it. 😂👍

  • @jonashjerpe7421
    @jonashjerpe7421 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Well you can reason away envy. You have been hurt and the envy is actually a defence against that pain. You have to locate your core pain and grieve it to heal. The envy will evaporate during this process of grief.

  • @nicole8576
    @nicole8576 Před rokem +5

    Wow! This has been eye opening. It’s sickening when it’s not apart of who you are as a person.
    “Pursue what you need to pursue”…one step at a time.

  • @brandygrove9750
    @brandygrove9750 Před 2 lety +3

    protect this mans spirit.

  • @YeganeRafiei
    @YeganeRafiei Před 3 měsíci

    I'm greatfull for dr peterson❤

  • @lailaplaysdbd4004
    @lailaplaysdbd4004 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Yikes. I'm struggling with envy...My friends have it all. They get to travel to European countries during the summer. I've never traveled outside the USA before. One of my besties is going to Italy and Turkey in two weeks. It's going to be hard to support her "trip success" while she's away. I don't think I can even look at her Instagram

  • @mindfulpaths101
    @mindfulpaths101 Před 7 měsíci

    Jesus he really hit the nail on the head there

  • @larabardot6836
    @larabardot6836 Před rokem +3

    It’s not that I don’t know what I truly want, it’s the fact that I know exactly what I wan’t but I am also realistic enough to understand I can’t get it so it feels like I failed and it just doesn’t seem fair that I see this one person I used to know living the life I wanted while knowing that she is not even half of a good person as me. She likes to look down on others and openly mock them. It just doesn’t make sense how life seems to reward shitty, privileged people while people who are good seem to suffer the most.

    • @hollygurbisz4209
      @hollygurbisz4209 Před 29 dny +1

      Girl, you explained it perfectly. I feel the exact same way. We got this

  • @Mikeycb731
    @Mikeycb731 Před 10 měsíci

    Envy with the letters reorganized makes vyne I thought that was a pleasant state

  • @MrAtomicAardvark
    @MrAtomicAardvark Před rokem +1

    Nice vox amp!

  • @karfeishaolyia9567
    @karfeishaolyia9567 Před 2 lety +6

    i am envy of my friend who lives in america and i want to be there

    • @hatewillneverwin.
      @hatewillneverwin. Před 2 lety +1

      yow will.

    • @marioantoniocrespoMexican92
      @marioantoniocrespoMexican92 Před 2 lety +3

      I’m envy you because you were not born in United States. I’m very anti gun & want live in country that has no guns & no gun culture. I’m very left leaning & very proud progressive.

    • @thorodinson6649
      @thorodinson6649 Před 5 měsíci

      The grass may be greener

    • @peace4632
      @peace4632 Před 3 měsíci

      and you just explained to yourself why you will not be.

  • @zitizen
    @zitizen Před měsícem

    I would suggest to take a pen and notebook and write down the best of things that you wish to happen to the person you are envious of. Visualise them being the best or successful. Wish them all joy and happiness. Write it all on a notebook, visualise it and enjoy the joy from it. Make it a habit. And over some days you will get over it.

  • @beamo1996
    @beamo1996 Před rokem +3

    I envy about people that still have a whole family and people like my boyfriend that is rich and can go to anywhere they want buy expensive shit have a very expensive vacation and shi while im sat here with my family with each other living their life and not really bonding together and shi and it's hard i feel really sad i don't know cause i get envy a lot to people that have what i want that i can't achieve and stuff and it's eating me and i get angry and shit.

    • @lailaplaysdbd4004
      @lailaplaysdbd4004 Před 11 měsíci

      Same!!! That's exactly how I feel. My friends have it all. They get to travel to European countries during the summer. I've never traveled outside the USA before. One of my besties is going to Italy and Turkey in two weeks. It's going to be hard to support her "trip success" while she's away. I don't think I can even look at her Instagram.

  • @markmozer8277
    @markmozer8277 Před rokem +4

    I've always wanted to get a mororcicle. Recently all of my friends Got there own bikes and I'm the only one left without one. I Just can't afford it right now and it's killing me that all my friends are going to have fun and ride aroud the whole summer break and I won't be able to join them. It's killing me inside and I don't know what to do.

    • @Human1136
      @Human1136 Před rokem

      Bro your profile pic is literally almost like mine WTF 💀

    • @thorodinson6649
      @thorodinson6649 Před 5 měsíci

      Try to make more money, i suppose. If thats not possible… well, every man’s fate is already made. Live yours.

  • @Claudiocasu
    @Claudiocasu Před 3 lety +4

    Quanto cazzo ti amo

  • @msmelanin2425
    @msmelanin2425 Před 6 měsíci

    I can’t control this envy

  • @gmajororder
    @gmajororder Před 11 měsíci

    Key word : « deeply »

  • @finbarrcorcoran9342
    @finbarrcorcoran9342 Před rokem +1

    I envy their health.

  • @rajivsenaboya
    @rajivsenaboya Před 2 lety +2

    This person is using vox amp great choice!

  • @lindaabd6693
    @lindaabd6693 Před 2 lety

    📌

  • @leahmarie7854
    @leahmarie7854 Před 2 lety +4

    You can’t get a family though can you

  • @maxcontralto
    @maxcontralto Před měsícem

    How about generational wealth 😭

  • @Miguelc271086
    @Miguelc271086 Před rokem

    I’d like to have a better looking wife, I’d like to be handsome. Not to be such an asshole, not so poor and not so lazy.

    • @akhilprasad1539
      @akhilprasad1539 Před 3 měsíci

      Are you already married and then want a better looking wife or are you single right now and want a better looking wife?