"We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be." Jean Rostand
From Stephen Pollan and Mark Levine, It's All In Your Head:
Everything of value has a cost. Career and business success don't come without a price. Work successes are part of a balanced life equation; they come at the expense of something else. It could be something as concrete as time spent with family or it could be something as abstract as self-respect.
When you find yourself comparing your career or business success with someone else's, take out our journal. Write that person's name and achievement on one line. Stop for a minute and think bout what he or she gave up to achieve it. Write your answer on the line under the achievement. Now, ask yourself if you'd make the same sacrifice.
Everyone needs to decide on his or her own career and business trade-offs. Focus on the value of what you've kept, not what you could have gotten in exchange.
