@VooDooMedic the competition is only with yourself. You should be happy for your friends who are doing well.
Live the life you want and be happy. How others are doing, both better and worse, are irrelevant to you. If your friend was doing worse that you, it wouldn't make you life any better, it would be exactly the same except your friend would be suffering.
So share in the happiness of your friends and stop trying to "win".