tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17478547.post5682261760149535192..comments2024-03-27T20:17:30.597+08:00Comments on Growing your tree of prosperity: The Art of the Good Life #32 : EnvyChristopher Ng Wai Chunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534057160494859977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17478547.post-44793586152530915632018-07-25T23:47:19.757+08:002018-07-25T23:47:19.757+08:00It is probably very unhealthy but also a national ...It is probably very unhealthy but also a national pastime. <br /><br />I'm not completely free from envy, BTW.Christopher Ng Wai Chunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534057160494859977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17478547.post-5735915577076016962018-07-25T11:39:27.227+08:002018-07-25T11:39:27.227+08:00It is a healthy perspective to take by asking ours...It is a healthy perspective to take by asking ourselves what goes on under the hood of those people that we envy so much?<br /><br />Would we still really want to be like them, once we knew how hard they worked to achieve what they are projecting to the outside world, or how unhappy they are? Or how their private life is hardly existent because they are constantly in the limelight with every step they take, or how they struggle to get to sleep at night because they are under such huge debts, trying to impress the world around them?<br /><br />I guess we really have no idea.Tacomobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984034091151711523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17478547.post-17876892999148796762018-07-25T07:16:10.970+08:002018-07-25T07:16:10.970+08:00This reminds me of that Greed is Good speech by Go...This reminds me of that Greed is Good speech by Gordon Gecko. Christopher Ng Wai Chunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534057160494859977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17478547.post-11827806461191591162018-07-24T22:59:43.350+08:002018-07-24T22:59:43.350+08:00Envy is good ... causes humans to hustle & imp...Envy is good ... causes humans to hustle & improve. That's why we're genetically predisposed to compare and the comparisons conjure such deep visceral feelings. That's why so many things are quantifiable & measurable: starting salaries for the various degrees & diplomas, school rankings, class rankings, grades, classes of degrees, home prices in different districts.<br /><br />It's why they put up monthly lists of sales staff performances & targets. Maybe companies should put up lists of staff performance gradings & their salaries and bonuses.<br /><br />Btw superman was an orphan & he lost his entire race and planet. But maybe if bad stuff only happened when we're still babies then it's ok, coz we won't have any memories to give a shit anyway.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02938450718690565242noreply@blogger.com