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Envy

Envy

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What is the real cost of comparing yourself to others? In this episode, we dive deep into the psychology and philosophy of envy, an emotion that has survived since the dawn of humankind but often wreaks havoc in our modern lives.

We explore the crucial difference between envy and jealousy, why "hustle culture" gets it wrong about using anger as fuel, and what the Stoics, like Marcus Aurelius, really thought about yielding to these passions. Plus, we look at why genuinely celebrating a friend's success is one of the rarest human virtues, according to the Greek tragedian Aeschylus.

Join us as we learn how to stop letting envy destroy our inner peace and start using it as a map for our own growth.

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