Think Big Dream High,E 21- Those Who Do Not Envy Other People’s Success Are Loosers

Envy

1.Sincerity in praying and helping others to achieve success will indirectly expedite our own success. It seldom crossed our mind that by helping others to achieve success it will indirectly assist us to achieve success.

2.Being jealous means we are envious of other people’s success but we do not do anything to increase our success. We need to be envious of other people’s success so that we will also achieve success. We put those who are successful as our motivator and role model. It will serve as incentive for us to work harder to achieve success. We should be grateful of our friend’s success. Our friend’s success will be the standard of measurement for our own success.

3.If we don’t envy other people’s success then we do not have any yardstick nor challenges as motivation to achieve success. Envious of other people’s success will lead us to study their experience, improve our weaknesses, emulate their success until we became more successful than them.

4.At the same time we hope our friend will be more successful as that will be the only way for us to achieve greater success. Other people’s success will be the stepping stone for us to be more successful. A leapfrogging strategy for our success.

Reality in life

1.More often than not we tend to be too self opiniated. We are too selfish. We are too proud of ourselves. We close our eyes to our weaknesses. We sometimes think that when others are successful, it will lessen our opportunity to become successful. We are not happy when others are successful. We are worried that when others are successful, we lost the opportunities. Let others fail and we are the only ones successful. We are scared that other people are more successful than us. We do not want to see other people live comfortably and in luxury more than us. As far as we are concerned let others fail and we are the only ones successful.

2. When our friend gets promoted we feel jealous and resentful. When our friend gets more increment and received 18 months pay as bonus we feel jealous and unhappy. For the men, when a lady is appointed as the boss, they feel jealous and do not want to give their co-operation. We do not like to see other people’s success. Far from being grateful with other people’s success. Far from assisting and praying for other people’s success and happiness. These type of people actually are losers.

Tips

1.In Islam, besides praying for ourselves, we also pray for other people’s happiness and for all Muslim men and women. This is being taught by our religion. Allah Subhana Allahu Ta’ala’s blessings, good health, safety, good fortune, rewards and rizki are wide. What others received do not necessarily make our share lesser.

2. By being envious of other people’s success , more millionaires were created, more companies expanded multiple times and profiting. Countries like Japan, China and Korea were able to surpass the western technological capabalities and are now far more advanced in technological, industrial and commercial areas compared to the west.

3.At the initial stage, these countries copied the new technologies from their western counterparts. This happens because of the envious state in themselves and their leaders. This happens because of the envious feeling in every single person of their communities.

4.When others achieve number one, we also want to achieve number one. This indirectly, make other people want to be number one and work harder to be number one. Eventhough in the end, only one person gets number one but the overall level of productivity in the race to get number one increases multifold.

5.This happens in every sector be it education, employment and business. For the education sector, the level of excellence for all students increase. For the employment sector, the overall level of service extended increases. For the industrial or business sector, the level of quality, service, sales and profitability increases. This is the level of success that all of us should aim.

6.As a result of being envious of other people’s success, at the end of the day, all of us gained. Not only for ourselves but also for our community and country. All we need to do starting from now is to think big dream high and eliminate totally the element of selfishness.