Envy is the feeling of the displeasure produced by the advantage or prosperity of others. The person we envy has personal attributes (such as beauty, patience, or intelligence), possessions (such as a car, a house), or positions (like being the boss) that we lack but desire. We envy both what other people are and what they have.
Envy is wanting to destroy what someone else has. Not just wanting it for yourself, but wanting other people not to have it. It’s a deep-rooted issue, where you are very, very resentful of another person’s well-being – whether that be their looks, their position or the car they have. It is silent, destructive, and pure malice.
The emotion of envy is closely related with:
Jealousy
Despair at others’ advantages
Grudge
Destructive attacks and meanness
Dissatisfaction and hostility
Rivalry and Resentment
Covetousness
Spiteful rage and criticism
Preoccupation with injustice
Unfair distributions of wealth
Most people are likely to experience envy in the workplace. Promoting an employee, recruiting a new employee, placing two similar people side by side in the same team may trigger envy.
It is hard to imagine any human being completely without envy. Some individuals, of course, are, for whatever reasons, much more envious than others. But all humans probably experience some envy.
In this course you'll learn :
How to overcome envy?
Things, qualities, possessions that induce envy in people
What provokes your envy?
Social status, Wealth and Envy
Why do we hate people we envy? Sour grapes.
Comparison, Competition and Envy in companies
What to do if you envy a friend, neighbor or colleague?
What is schadenfreude?
How is envy related to inequality?
Feeling satisfaction at the failure of others
Envy between coworkers
Envy in companies, organizations, offices
How do organizations provoke envy in employees
Can feeling envy be useful to us?
If you are being envied by someone...
How to protect yourself from envious colleagues
So you are envious of someone. What to do?
How to overcome envy in yourself
Professional envy and how to deal with it
How to diminish envy at workplace?
How is envy managed in society?
Letting go of envious feelings
How to stop envying other people
Envy management skills
Generational envy
Case study. Homer Simpson and Ned Flanders
Envy and recruitment process in organizations
Envy of the young, rich and famous
Envying the promoted colleague
The envious recruiter
Being envied: Gender differences
Signs that you are being envied
How can you deal with envious people?
Dealing with envious relative. Envious family member
Working through situations of being envied
How to avoid being the target of envy at work?
What should I do if I am envious of someone?
Someone has been more successful than me
Reducing envy between co-workers
What can the manager do to prevent envy in the company?
Is envying human nature?
Social comparison and envy
The existence of envy is an unavoidable aspect of social interaction. But we cannot let it grow out of control. I hope this course will help you to deal with this complex emotion.
