 People can be jealous for a wide number of reasons, most of which are not rational. In the same way, everyone will not like someone. There must always be someone jealous of another person even if that person is the most cheerful and kind person you have met. According to the power of positivity, nothing feels worse than achieving a goal or becoming successful in an endeavor and discovering that the people around you don't feel proud or positive about it, but rather, they feel jealous. A person's jealous feelings can cost them to act uncandly towards us, especially in the face of our own achievements or success. In today's video, I'm going to be sharing with you 10 signs that someone is secretly jealous of you. If you're new here, subscribe to our channel for more awesome videos such as this one. 1. Unnecessarily competitive Have you ever told your friend of an opportunity that you applied for and they suddenly applied to, even though they generally have no interest in your career area? The first thing you should know is that friends usually don't compete with each other and secondly that the person may be jealous of you. If you have won some accolades before and seem reluctant to congratulate you, be careful. They might sabotage you just to feel like they are not complete failures. It is actually natural to feel a bit jealous if your friend wins a scholarship and you can't go to college without student loans. But if it is your friend, you don't take it beyond that. Competition is good. It makes for good sportsmanship, but unnecessary competition is unhealthy. 2. Makes negative comments about your progress There are people you shouldn't tell when you are doing things. They never have anything encouraging or good to say. You may probably have some friends like that. Don't say anything to them. If you're writing an important exam, don't tell them. They will ask you whether it's worth it and why you can't do other things. We must all come to terms with the fact that some of our friends or at least the people we think are our friends do not have our best interests at heart. Do you have a friend who always discourages you from doing things you probably do or used to have? They do it because they are jealous. They wish they had the courage to push for the things they want the way you do. You deserve friends who will encourage and support you, not the ones that are jealous of your progress. You can find these types of friends by rolling with people who share your ideas. 3. They belittle, condemn and mock you If a person is jealous of you, they will condemn you at every opportunity they get. If you are sick, even for one day, you may realize that a lot of your colleagues may not be willing to tell you what was thought, share notes or anything like that. According to the power of positivity, no matter what you achieve or how hard you worked to do so, jealous people will always try to make it seem like it was a fluke or that you didn't work so hard as you did to achieve your success. The reasons that they come up with may be rude or condescending. People who are jealous of you will never like you so if you try to please them, you will waste your time. As long as you continue to have what they want and can't have, they will continue to hate you. People who are not this way and who admire you may approach you to mentor them. They may even try to become your friend so that you can teach them how to achieve the type of result that you do. 4. They are insecure around you Some people will naturally be insecure around you. Those types of people typically don't have dreams and ambitions. They are like the wind looking for where to go. If they feel that you are good at something and that you enjoy it, they may start doing it too. Jealous and insecure people will have a lot of questions and seldom ask any. If a person is insecure around you, they may try to flaunt something they are good at too to feel better. According to the power of positivity, someone who is jealous of you may be more inclined to flaunt their success more than it's really worth flaunting. They may be more inclined to flaunt their own achievements while you are celebrating your own. These are the type of people to get engaged at a wedding. Why would you write a paper too just because your friend published a paper? If you don't like writing papers to start with, be yourself and the world will love you for it. 5. They don't offer support Jealous friends already want to see you fail so what type of support will they offer? They will typically say some vague words of advice but inwardly be hoping you don't make it. Anyone who don't want you to succeed is not your friend. Make friends who will stand by you. Anyone who consistently never tries to support you even though you guys are friends is jealous of you. Are they overly interested in what you are doing? And yet offer no help to help you accomplish them. People who are jealous of you want you to fall short even though it will give them no direct benefit beyond the satisfaction that they are not alone in their mediocrity. 6. They never acknowledge your achievement People who are jealous of you don't acknowledge your accomplishments. They try to belittle it so that you don't attach more importance to it. Their goal is to feel more comfortable at your expense. 7. While you may be too humble to voice or enjoy your achievement, jealous people often try to make themselves feel better by drowning out your achievement by overemphasizing their own. This will happen even if their achievements are way smaller in comparison to us. If your friends with this type of people confront them, the person may not even be doing it consciously. Your friends need to know that you support and care about them. They need to know you are there to support them to actualize their own dreams too. If your best friend is a billionaire and you are still trying to gain financial freedom, it is no reason to start to spite him for being so comfortable. A better approach will be trying to learn how to do things differently from him. In the end, everybody wins. 7. They never offer meaningful advice Since jealous people don't want to add more achievements to your kitty, they sabotage your attempt purposely by giving you bad advice or they may just simply discourage you from even trying. Do you have friends like this? If you have friends like this, cut them off or tell them that you don't like being discouraged from pursuing ideas. They may not be happy with your progress but only because they don't feel so successful themselves. People need to have a sense of fulfillment and personal goals. If my goal is to work and consult and get a job with McKinsey, why should I be jealous of my friend who got a scholarship to do it for the degree at Harvard? People who do not really know what they want are usually people who come into this category. If you have your priorities straight, you will be happy for everyone and cherish your achievements even if they are not what other people are doing. 8. The lack of interest in things that benefit you Jealous friends may even stop talking about things that benefit you in one way or the other. Maybe they feel that if they don't talk about you, you will have fewer accomplishments and make them feel less depressed. Even when they know that you have been searching for an opportunity, they can see it and not tell you. According to I Hate Intelligence, when someone is jealous, they have a strong need to prove their superiority. As a result, people who are prone to experiencing regular feats of envy or jealousy also tend to be overcompetitive. They may also see you making a mistake and not correct you. If your friend is jealous of you, you can tell from their deliberate silence when you are doing something that will hurt you once your friend becomes this way. 9. They get irritated when you share good news with them Have you ever won a lottery and realized your friend is struggling to be as excited as you are? Don't worry, it won't change your future or anything about you. Good friends rejoice when their friends win whether or not it directly benefits them. Jealous people are already insecure. They do everything they can to get some attention including sabotage you. When you just keep excelling, this will only make them more jealous. It is okay to feel you deserve more but it isn't healthy to wish other people should have less for you to have more. That's an oppressive way to think. 10. They enjoy embarrassing and making fun of you publicly Do you have friends who constantly make fun of you? They always seem to have the perfect joke about something you are not proud of. Watch out for them and avoid them. They are jealous of you. Imagine a 30-year-old whose proudest moment was the day she made a joke that made everyone laugh at her billionaire friend. This should not be measured by the point of how many people a person has hot. Jealous people do with a lot of insecurity. If you are jealous of your rich friend, don't make jokes about their appearance because it suddenly won't make you rich. Hang it out with them and getting tips from them just might.