Comments on: Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Professional Jealousy

By: Sarah Greesonbach

Sarah Greesonbach — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:53:57 +0000

This post nailed it! So helpful, and I even feel a little more mature after reading it slowly. Jealousy is killer. Thank you!

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:06:26 +0000

In reply to anikawriter. You're welcome, Anika. :-)

By: anikawriter

anikawriter — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:28:01 +0000

Thank you, thank you, for this insightful article.

By: Jo

Jo — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 10:34:30 +0000

Interesting post, but surely you mean “envy” and not “jealousy”? Envy is wanting what someone else has; jealousy is an irrational fear of losing what you value.

Grammar criticism aside, some useful tips here.

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Thu, 13 May 2010 22:29:43 +0000

[…] a song about it. Freelancer Survival Guide author Kristine Rusch offers some good advice for when jealousy strikes and how to use it positively as a motivator: Figure out what it is that you are truly jealous of […]

By: Edgar Governo

Edgar Governo — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:43:36 +0000

You can’t live someone else’s life. You can’t have someone else’s career. You’ll only have yours, and it will never be exactly what you expect or even dreamed of. It's interesting that you drew an analogy to Conan O'Brien's situation in your post, as he echoed your comments on his last episode of The Tonight Show: Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get, but if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.

By: Nina Hoffman

Nina Hoffman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:25:28 +0000

Hey, Kris. I remember some of these growing pains, and I’m not sure I’ve outgrown them yet. I like what you say about learning from the jealousy.

Sometimes I say this a different way: “Admire. Aspire. Acquire.”

See someone doing something you’d like to do yourself, go for it, learn it.

Meanwhile, though, chasing down some phantoms and trying to get them to talk. 🙂

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:43:20 +0000

In reply to Carolyn Nicita. Good realization, Carolyn. Thanks for the insight.

By: Carolyn Nicita

Carolyn Nicita — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:55:18 +0000

Profound thanks for the effort to engage this topic.

I have a less-common reaction to my own jealousy of others. I turn it inward. I get so intimidated that I’ll sometimes break off communications, sometimes with friends I’ve had for as long as a decade. Then, even though I’m incredibly proud of this person, all of a sudden he/she is wondering “Why aren’t you talking to me? Don’t you like me anymore?”

I work hard on this problem exactly for the reason you’re writing about: This person is hemorrhaging friends. He/she doesn’t need to feel that one more has left.

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Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:12:35 +0000

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