Living your life in envy is no way to live if you want to be content. Those that are envious often were not ones that really tried hard to achieve what they think others got without effort.
For example, I saw someone at my gym benching 3 plate. I am barely able to do 2 plate myself, so clearly this guy is stronger than me. Should I be envious? No, because I understand how hard of work I had to do to get where I am, and most likely this guy had to bust his own ass to get to that point.
Is is possible he was using steroids? Maybe. But that is not something I need to care about. I am where I am at and am happy to be.
We can extend this thinking to financial status too. Are there trust fund babies that merely rode on the coattails of their parents? Absolutely. But if I live my life in envy of them, I am no better off. I need to look at my own life and determine if I am where I can be regardless of where others are.
I think many people who are unable to succeed in the financial realm just assume that everyone who is well off did not earn their way. But for the vast majority of those that are well off and STAY well off are those that did have to work hard.
Just because you were unable to succeed does not mean that everyone else is unable to without cheating.
Sure, there are those that do cheat or get lucky. But does it help to dwell upon that? No matter where you are, you can always improve yourself.
@houseoftolstoy in the mexican cultute there is a saying that I think goes like this, those who do not cheat do not get ahead in life.
@37712 And just how well have things been in Mexico for the people living there?
Cheating can get you ahead briefly, but it is not sustainable personally or society wide.
@houseoftolstoy actually most people with that mentality have already migrated to the US, so actually things here in mexico have gotten much better, I do not regret having moved to mexico. Only part that sucks is that the dollar is losing value and fast it has almost lost 1/4 of its value against the mexican peso this year and it does not seem to be stopping. At this rate I will be making more money working in mexico than remote in the USA.
