“I like to start, for example, by studying that person that I envy. There's thankfully a lot of information online. Right. If I admire an author, for example, I will go and search for every podcast that they've been on and hear more about their writing process and then figure out, OK, well, what's something I can try out?”

HBR IdeaCast · When You Feel Envy, Turn It Into Something Productive

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When feeling envy, search for every podcast the envied person has been on, take notes on their process, then approach them with a compliment and a specific question like “I envy you, how did you do that?”

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