"They Are Envious" - Robert Greene Explains "Frenemies" And The Phenomenon Of Envy
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Best Seller Author Robert Greene Explains how envy works in friendship, and the term "frenemie".
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@user-ec3rm9wr1n
Ай бұрын
The logic of envy is ugly .... like its the worst thing ever ....
@gerrimiller3491
9 күн бұрын
Envy is a true sickness of the soul.
@jimbo7551
7 сағат бұрын
Yeah it’s very mentally I’ll the amount of guilt tripping and manipulation they display. personal trainer admitted to be jealous of me and the owner has talked smacked about me to my face and behind my back while I stay in the same room. Yeah totally normal brotherly behavior. I stay positive and god driven and willing to change like the stories of those of the Book of Daniel. It’s an amazing feat imo for me to continuously rise to higher vibrations than they impose on me.
@jimbo7551
7 сағат бұрын
Yeah it’s very mentally I’ll the amount of guilt tripping and manipulation they display. personal trainer admitted to be jealous of me and the owner has talked smacked about me to my face and behind my back while I stay in the same room. Yeah totally normal brotherly behavior. I stay positive and god driven and willing to change like the stories of those of the Book of Daniel. It’s an amazing feat imo for me to continuously rise to higher vibrations than they impose on me.
Level up = lose friends …Stagnate = keep friends
@user-yi1fn8uu1g
7 күн бұрын
And relatives unless it goes within their interests
Once I sense an envy person around me, that person then has almost no chance to get close to me.
@Key-Key444
12 күн бұрын
It’s dangerous.
@itsmike9227
11 күн бұрын
💯
@evka24
6 күн бұрын
Very very wise
@xXyasabeXx
6 күн бұрын
Everyone is envious to a degree.
@Key-Key444
6 күн бұрын
@@xXyasabeXx that’s what ‘envious to a degree’ people would say. I take it you know every individual on the planet 🌎 wow 🤩.
The most dangerous ones who could feel envy towards us are our own relatives (not my immediate family). Been there. Now, I am hundred miles away from them.
@Dasunnah
25 күн бұрын
Not all of them though. I understand where you coming from.
@miamcdougal8933
17 күн бұрын
Struggling with this atm!
@shannonevangelista
14 күн бұрын
Female cousins.
@UnpredictableAri
13 күн бұрын
You’re lucky
@TeraGreene1
12 күн бұрын
Yeah I can vouch. Had a distant relative (con artist) come to “help” me care for my grandpa when he had a stroke in my 20s. No one would come and help us and she got into his head and said she would come help. Bad idea. Grandpa told a friend before he died “I made a mistake”. That con artist not only stole his legacy (and my healthy trust fund he was passing on), but she isolated him so much, I was having to call to find him almost every day. Found out he was usually in the house but they were disconnecting the phone and leaving him or buying up all sorts of cars and things. I still feel guilt because I had moved to Canada and was fighting for him remotely. He was my best friend. I trust no one. ❤
They can and will destroy your life if you’re not aware just how dangerous they can be. I turned the other cheek many times as I’m loyal to those close to me. I’m a total loner now. I would never have believed it possible that people are often more full,of hate than love
@tlotlorasesia7971
17 күн бұрын
Same
@estheradao
12 күн бұрын
Same
@estherodanga4238
9 күн бұрын
Exact story of my life.I just can't understand how you envy another.You can never have everything,why bother being jealous of another.
@ppll7020
6 күн бұрын
I can resonate! My big sister tried to kill me at least twice that I know off!! This thing is so dangerous 😢
@Andypandieful
15 сағат бұрын
Ditto. So over it.
Envy is an energy that destructs the one who's receiving it and the one who's sending it.
When you experience a non genuine friend/friends in your life, you become a loner and very protective of your space. I like to think that everyone can grow and change but you have to put the work in to become a good person/better version of yourself.
@ppll7020
6 күн бұрын
Exactly
robert is so right … beware of friends
I can feel jealously and envy, the energy of these individuals is so overwhelming!
You have to maintain a crisp baseline understanding that there are no "gods" out there. ANYBODY who seems too good to be true...is. The more overwhelmingly intoxicating somebody is at first blush, the quicker you should run for the hills. Find somebody boring who mounts no campaign to conquer you.
@JenYin.
14 күн бұрын
I learned that boring means, safe, consistent, predictable and reliable so all the good things!
@ym2931
12 күн бұрын
The purpose of life is not to play it safe
My mother inlaw had some pictures of myself with my little sister, and she showed me the face, in many pictures she had that face looking at me, I did some tests to see if my mother inlaw was correct, well my heart was hurt, my little sister did indeed secretly hate me, I later found out that she was secretly behind my back going to my mum and older sister gossiping about me, then coming to my face with a smile. She passively aggressively bullied me then gaslight me, I didn't notice because I love her still do, what hurts is I actually gave her my life, I gave her more then half my wages when she was a young teenager, made sure I went around other girls to let them know don't mess with my sister. And deep down, she actually hated me FOR NOTHING, not just that, but gossiped to family about me. She was sending provocative pictures to a guy I was chatting with, then when I confronted her, she point blank Said "why r u jealous" so nasty, by the way she had a boy friend with a child to him, which i have never revealed what she was doing. I didn't understand because I would of took her side no matter what. I finally now say no to he. Myy boundaries r fully up with love and compassion. I literally gave her my unconditional love my life, and all the while she was playing me and lying about me, but coming to me as a victim of everyone. Now I am apparently evil because I finally found my worth and say NO. The funny thing is my mother inlaw spotted it.
@evka24
6 күн бұрын
You r a good person. Don’t have regrets. God will give you more
Always listen to your intuition. Some people will come into your life to sabotage you. It doesn’t matter why they’re jealous of you it’s your job to discern who they are, and keep them at arms length.
With God there is no place for envy,jealousy or insecurities!Just believe and you will experience it!❤
Purrrrrrrrre WISDOM from this man ☝🏾
"you can murdered for it (envy)". In present day, they turn people against you, exclude you, subtle slights about you in your pack. So, do we tone our natural selves down or find people more like us? Outshining my Master seems to be my invisible superpower...so invisible I don't see it. Some people love me, some HATE me (but want to be me).
This just explained so much for me. Some of my friends hating on me as I work toward my goal is human nature. They can’t help themselves.
Succeed on your own terms regardless if people are envious of you or not. The problem is when you take that shit personally which you never should. What you should do is to just stay focused on your career and purpose, period and nothing and no one else. This is actually a must, as Robert has nicely put it; "You're not going to get rid of envy". Thus, it's just better to embrace it all the time and never take it personally. Let envious people be the pathetic losers that they are instead. They will die on the inside while you shine bright in your own light.
@MrSmurf459
2 күн бұрын
Agreed! Jealousy and envy are normal human emotions that we all have, hence the notion of never taking it personal! Two issues I see, individuals who claim that they have people around them that are jealous of them can also be suffering from a little bit of narcissism, jealousy and envy at times can be not so easy to detect at first so people need to have enough self awareness to be accurate in their assessment! Secondly, I’m a little more understanding of someone’s perceived jealousy or envy towards me or other people! Who knows someone’s genetics, upbringing and environment?!?!? Where I don’t believe in a world of freewill then I’ve become a bit more empathetic towards someone’s hate even towards me! But as I sense it, I deal with that person accordingly, because as discussed, these people will literally ruin your life! It’s up to us as individuals to use our jealousy and envy appropriately and to not let it destroy us!
This just happened to me,, all the signs were there, i came to the maximum limit and ended tat friendship today. How the hell youtube recommended this just after that
I'd like to add that there are people who exhibit this drama or negative complaint not because they are the problem but because they depend on those who also infected them with this mentality and they are under a lot of stress. I think everyone vents when undergoing stress. And when you are surrounded by people who is like this in the first place you develop a beehive mentality. And then you realize oh god, what happened to me? There is a saying "don't bite the hand that feeds you". And it's not always as easy as cut them off. Whether they be family members or boss or co workers. People do have circumstances that forces them to interact with toxic people. And honestly it's really hard to just ignore them
@erykahhoney588
23 күн бұрын
Very well said.
@Ladeliciadelinda
23 күн бұрын
@@erykahhoney588 much appreciated! 🙏
@Yomamas824
16 күн бұрын
This is so true, thank you
IDC.... I myself have always been a secure individual; it was always outside forces trying to make me feel insecure due to however they deep down felt about THEMSELVES‼I can say 100% I haven't ever been envious of anyone. I just always believed if someone had something I didn't, that I wanted is to ACTUALLY WORK FOR THE LIKING OF THAT THING. Never take from others or hate on others because it blocks your own blessings 💯 It's funny how frenemies aren't only friends/associates but "family" too‼
I think Jealousy is the Gateway drug to Narcissism.
envy for the good and positive things that a person has achieved so that you can be motivated to do better, not to hurt that person but use Envy as encouragement.
@kensears5099
17 күн бұрын
There's an important difference between emulation and envy.
@Ultralined
14 күн бұрын
So basically to turn envy into inspiration❤😊
@NUMERSTROLOGY
12 күн бұрын
I don’t think there’s a positive connotation to the term envy. If you want to be motivated by someone or their achievements, then they are your inspiration which seems more seems the positive form of envy. Envy to me, sits right along with jealousy which can both turn a person dangerous if not controlled.
This video is perfect timing. I am going through this now! Omg! Ugh!!! Lol 🤪😥🤣😂
I have heard more times than I’d like “they are jealous of you” 😮💨 Noooo! I don’t want that 😔
@jephtaniejoseph643
12 күн бұрын
That last part. That’s because you’re precious. 💎
Its dangerous... especially the lengths ppl would go through ....the amount of lies told on me...is astounding. Great video.
Envy can become dangerous.The nutty ones confuse their wishes with reality.
I know it's not the main point, but it was nice how Robert made it clear that some people just have bad luck. If you genuinely think someone's a good egg don't let people tell you otherwise. Those will be your best relationships if you're willing to be understanding and useful.
There is always a Judas. A snake 🐍 in the grass who wants to lead you down the garden path. It’s always a friend who hates you the most. A wolf 🐺 in sheep’s clothes. A wise man can get more from his enemies that a fool can from his friends. Your enemies enemies are your friends. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
@sophiawilson8696
12 күн бұрын
Judas was not envy. Read the real story!
@sophiawilson8696
12 күн бұрын
No the enemies of your enemies are your ENEMIES!. Wake up people!
@alwaysblessed2794
11 күн бұрын
Do not keep your enemies closer. Get away from them as fast as you can. I speak from experience.
@alexhidel3732
11 күн бұрын
@@alwaysblessed2794 if you have no friends then you have no enemies.
@alexhidel3732
11 күн бұрын
@@sophiawilson8696 you wake up sheepeople 🐑
I went out with a friend for her birthday for the first time and man did she have some longtime friends with her that were haters. 😬
@DivestedConfessions
2 күн бұрын
Did you tell her?
Have had to learn very hard lessons about these people, they say and do the most horrific of things to you, manipulate you, always in competition, always gossiping behind your back. .. . .fake apologies. You try and cut them off and they feel as though they have been wronged. You can help and support these people but their behaviour reverts back to toxicity. They feel entitled to your help. The behaviours caused a lot of distress. Never again! As soon as I detect any toxicity, I distance myself quick sharp! Includes family members
Some people really do deserve their success especially when they didn’t go to the tutor center to get boys to do their work for them 🤗
I’ve been told out loud that I’ve been envied before which was really weird.
But the obsession is real strange tho.. like why you want to be that close to me then 😂😂😂
This man has hit on so many key points, I’ve experienced in my life his so clear in his explaining it’s fascinating ❤
I’m confused about the concept of hanging out with insecure people will make more insecure and hanging out with confident people makes you more confident. It makes sense on the surface, but when I actually think about it, it seems that most people are insecure about one thing or another. So it seems to me that if you’re hanging out with more confident people it’s good for you but bad for them because their confidence might be effected by your insecurities. And he talks as hanging out with people who are better than you is something you should do as something that is good for you. But aren’t you harming those same people? Can anyone help me understand this
@veniqe
20 күн бұрын
You're correct. This is not the best advice.
@kensears5099
17 күн бұрын
This is very good advice, actually. The two difficulties you're having are, 1) interpreting the word "better" in a somewhat superficial way, and, 2) a failure to adequately consider the alternative. About the first, "better" doesn't mean "self-flauntingly, boastingly better." That would NOT be "better" people. Rather, people who are "better" are those with a solid, mature, healthily integrated self-understanding, a healthy altruism (which means, they're also not anybody's doormats), a healthy ambition in life to keep pushing themselves for more learning, discovery and rich exploitation of their own gifts in ways that contribute to the lives of many others. THAT is "better" and there is NO downside to trying to associate with, learn from, emulate such people. Don't confuse "confidence" of the best kind with narcissism. He's not saying, of course, 'Go out and find a bunch of narcissists to associate with." So, no, it's definitely NOT bad advice to spend time with the most healthily confident people you can. About the second, your failure to adequately consider the alternative. Usually when a concept presents some difficulties to comprehension, a very helpful trick is to imagine its extremes, so that the concept becomes stark and easily identifiable. So consider the alternative in the extreme: you can't really believe that there would be any upside to surrounding yourself and immersing yourself, your whole life, in a circle of people who are all plagued and riddled with crippling insecurities, jealousies, envy, mutual suspicion, petty rivalries, laziness and a refusal to get up and TRY, all of them scrambling after their perception of the biggest piece of a pathetically miserable small pie, ready to stab each other in the back to be the Big Fish in their fetidly ingrown small pond. You think you'd do yourself, or them, any good by wasting your life among them, ESPECIALLY by the way, if you did it with the notion "Okay, at least I'm 'better' than this crowd, so by being with them I'll improve them"? (As if they wouldn't read that right away, and you can imagine how they'd just lo-o-ove that.) I think that pretty much settles that. As for your last question. Again, what do you mean "people who are better than you"? If you mean they're TELLING you they're better than you, then guess what: they're not better than you. If you mean, more experienced, more wise, well-balanced, genuinely helpful and adept at maintaining boundaries, then, don't worry, Rocky, you won't be able to harm them by associating with them even if you wanted to (and we'll assume it's not your purpose to want to, right?).
It's great that this clip has made so many people in the comments turn their awareness toward people who are or have been envious of them and that they are committed to not allowing envious people in their lives, but have they been willing to acknowledge and consider their own enviousness?
Whenever I see Robert, I always think, he looks like a healthy well adjusted man.
@timmywitty1432
Ай бұрын
Really?
@user-ec3rm9wr1n
Ай бұрын
Well envy and narc go hand in hand for a narc you are forever enemy i tried now am off .....
@CarmenBelcher
28 күн бұрын
I have a crush on him. He’s soothing to me. I could listen to him talk all day!
@UrielAvalosjr
25 күн бұрын
wtf does that even mean, hes struggling to breathe
@kensears5099
17 күн бұрын
Actually he "looks" like a man who's been through life's mill, paid his dues, shows the scars and has rich experience to share, and the talent to express it in a highly articulate way. Also, he "looks" like a person who doesn't glibly come up with shallow, vacuous observations from any armchair of self-gratifying, dues-free sarcasm. That's just my own impression, of course.
Profound video!
I can’t remember which one envy or jealousy but one is I want what you have but the other is I want what you have and I don’t want you to have it either
I have an aunt who is extremely envious of me to the point it’s sickening and obsessive May god heal her soul She has a vary nasty spirit
USA is best example of how much caotic and destructive envy can be; it has a lot of frenemies, its prosperity and generosity has made this country to be hated by others that wanted a big chunk of it and its paying a high price for not realizing that in time.
Watch out for the coverts!
But if you learn to love and feel brain heart coherence, your life becomes so much easier or even say compliment to people who are happy, because if they manage to be happy or happily married they actually inspire many other people to do the same. Some explain that love and compassion can be also very infesious, in positive way, because its human nature.
OH MY WORD🤯 In the first 2 minutes Robert describes my ex to a "T" 🎯 Wishing I had taken this advice at the time
💯💯💯💯
Schadenfreude and Mitfreude are German expressions. Honestly, as a German woman, I believe my people invented the concept of being envious. It‘s part of the culture and it‘s repulsive to me. I dislike so many envious people right now. They lurk everywhere in my surrounding.
Sophia Loren had nothing to be envious of regarding Jane Mansfield. Sophia was a timeless beauty. I always thought Jane Mansfield was trashy.
Yes, always the victim! Energy drain!
Love how they are putting Sophia Lauren in the frame for a random photo! Like she needed to envy anyone.
@clairesweeney4334
12 сағат бұрын
Right? That infamous photo of Sophia Loren giving Jane Mansfield. The side eye was not because she envied her. It was because Jane Mansfield showed up with her tits spilling out of her dress to try to steal the limelight from Sophia Loren. It was the other way around, she was jealous of Sophia and her class. Sophia was looking at her like what a disgrace this woman is.
I’m by myself . I wasn’t given any “friend” to hang out with. I do visit with people who are my neighbors.
Can we have Part 2, where’s the rest of the interview 🥹🫶
@AVmind
Ай бұрын
Link for the full interview in the description. Thank you for watching.
Some people were subject to serious/severe abuse in the past though, so openly talking about that does not make them a "drama queen/king"... which is precisely what the abuser/malignant NPD case (or whoever) would love for all to perceive them as. So, let's not get that twisted.
Maybe they were saying the true! Maybe, they had chaotic boyfriends and the trauma bond make them be together! Maybe they are emphats who unfortunately choose narc partners and friends!
@Yomamas824
16 күн бұрын
I saw something recently that said to empaths “be careful of the OTHER empaths, they are the ones who won’t let go of you, who will freak out if u try to leave them behind”…omg it’s so true?
Bad friends teach you bad habits wit mostly negative thoughts & emotions. Good friends teach you good habits with mostly positive thoughts & emotions. Slowly keep busy and lessen your interactions with them. Always have an excuse to not meet them. Hopefully eventually they will get the hint.
Unfortunately for myself, I’m simply a person, who bad things happen to. I seem to have a lot of problems with people, by probably a few major factors, like merely being civil, being alone (predatory people love this), and racial and gender factors play their part. I do work to save myself and mitigate people, however. I don’t like talking about it, for the purpose of just talking about it. I also don’t see it as my problem, that I don’t comply, with what people want from me. What they typically have wanted are things like free caregiving or, perhaps, a free place to live. Since that’s a no, yes, I’m the problem. I hat I’ve learned, however, is the key to it is to not simply mitigate people with strong boundaries, but to just not say anything. You must suffer in silence, until you’ve rid yourself of them, because no one has any empathy for you anyway. Often, they will side, with the person who’s trying to use you actually. They may often feel you should give up your life, to become a vessel for use. You may also be conveying the problem - to someone else, who also intends to be a problem. Where frenemies are concerned, even though I’ve had some successes and done some things, I don’t think I’ve done a great deal. But then, comes the people who have done absolutely nothing. They are also the types that don’t want to do what you’re doing, but they either still want what you have or they want to destroy what you have. Even the types that don’t want what you want, but simply don’t want you to have it either. And I’ve definitely met the type and been the target of, “I know you have your nice career going and your life seems to be comfortable. But, I’d feel more comfortable with you, if you played nursemaid to me, since I didn’t make any plans for my own care. By the way, you are GOING to be doing that.” Yeah, keep the fantasy going. So, what is the key? Be scarce. Learn how to be comfortable, celebrating your successes alone. Because quite often, even your own mother is not happy with those successes. Mine tried to destroy mine.
I know it’s not the point but the thumbnail with Sophia Loren looking at Jayne Mansfield is often very misconstrued, at least according to Sophia Loren.
Thks for saying no Upma sanskrit for no comparison❤❤🎉🎉haha
Do you have a very envious relative who warns you against the... "Sickening envy" of other relatives? 😂
07:18 07:39
When I met you and you began to download everything about people, organizations, and yourself without asking, I'll watch out for your nonverbal clue, read your👁 It doesn't deceive. Also, your body has no capacity to hide your envious spirit if your mouth can hide it and speak love,your body can't. It automatically rejects it as you profess jealousy in your spirit towards others. Take time to study people's eyes and body language. That's the clue to spot envious people. Example:I met with someone so envious of me to the point she was looking at me dejected and depressed,unknown that I was watching her until I called her out, and she said it wasn't you😅 and another encounter was a friend who transfer the aggression on her spouse as if the man was wrong. She began to yell at the man when someone told her a certain truth about me.This is a close friend.
That thumbnail photo shows Sophia's disgust at Jayne's lack of modesty, not jealousy of her assets.
I am a woman XX original. Women have a function..."friendship is not one of them."
1:36 What if it happens to an entire country?
It's like a wolf in sheeps clothing walking the earth prowling and heavily seeking whom they are set out to charmingly deceive, seduce, trick, promise and sabotage slowly.
LOL…the term „Mitfreude“ doesn‘t exist in German, only „Schadenfreude“. But we have the term „Mitgefühl“, feeling sorry for someone.
This dude is a narc. I have never felt this kind of envy for others having good things happen to them that i love. His entire book is a projection.
Jealousy
I’m sorry but why is envy the ONE emotion that only “other” people do but never ourselves? If you listen to 99% of ppl they say they aren’t haters but others hate on them. Mathematically how is that even possible? We are all haters, imo. Most are just too envious to admit it.
@honeymilk4160
13 сағат бұрын
How true!
@dookie877
Сағат бұрын
That's a fair assessment
7:32 No.. this guy creeps me out. No I don't take pleasure when one of my friends lose something.
@EB-gt1pq
12 күн бұрын
You don’t… Many people do
Mi kobiety zazdroszczą naturalnej urody ,biustu…pupy…itp. Często się ze mnie śmieją👎oceniają po wyglądzie mówią że jestem prostytutka 🤦♀️
You look unwell and sound unwell too.
What Robert is describing here is what the bible calls OUR SINFUL NATURE…. Its ingrained into our core, this is why we need to be born again thru Jesus Christ
@AlejandroRasmussen7
24 күн бұрын
This is the reason the most civilized societies were protestant…because the spirit of envy was subdued thru the regeneration of its men and women by The Spirit of God….the farther you go from The God of the bible the more you see societies revert to their true nature…chaos and tribalism…the only way to make people “cooperate” in this context is thru an iron fist
@jephtaniejoseph643
12 күн бұрын
Amen
This video is cynical. Envy is not a normal feeling that is felt by every human. Those who are emotionally balanced use other people's success as motivation and inspiration. Envy is one of the 7 deadly sins for a reason. Don't buy into this jargon.
In the thumbnail of Sophia L , I think she was just appalled 😂
I know 😢