Tag Archives: envy

Is your mastery a mystery?

Is your mastery a mystery?
“I don’t know what I’m good at.” I hear that comment a lot. I’ve often even thought it myself. There’s a lot of talk about mastery. It’s one of the three elements of intrinsic motivation that Daniel Pink describes ...

Dream Assassin #2: Envy

This is a second in a series of five Public Service Announcements issued to warn against Dream Assassins seeking to put an end to your God-inspired aspirations. The first of the Most Unwanted was Fear. Today’s PSA concerns it’s ...

Has excellence got you down?

Has excellence got you down?
I’ve been reading a few excellent books lately. How do I know they’re so good? Because as I read them, I found myself thinking, “What? That’s my idea!” In fact, as an aspiring author, I was planning to write ...

Solidarity of the Unnoticed

Recently, I met with a couple of friends to catch up on life. Our conversation became more open when one of them disclosed how much he was struggling with envy at his peers’ accomplishments. In his mind, they’d gone ...