MANAGING JEALOUSY
Jealousy is when you worry that someone will take what you have. Envy is wanting what someone else has. – Homer Simpson
When a person feels jealous, they feel that someone or something is threatening something they value. In relationships, jealousy happens between partners, family members, friends and colleagues, when one person thinks that someone or something is coming between them and another person and that they’re going to lose out in some way.
A low level of jealousy can be good; it can keep you on your toes and help make sure you’re not complacent and taking someone for granted. The positive intention of jealousy is to protect you from losing out – to alert you to the fact that you may need to up your game; make an ...
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