VIDEO
The Uses of Envy
2016
We’re used to thinking of envy in very negative terms. But it’s an emotion we should learn to accept and—in a calculated way—learn from.
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We’re used to thinking of envy in very negative terms. But it’s an emotion we should learn to accept and—in a calculated way—learn from.
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How ironic that the difficult times we fear might ruin us are the very ones that can break us open and help us blossom into who we were meant to be.