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People Want You To Do Well Just Not Better Than Them

Name: People Want You To Do Well Just Not Better Than Them
Uploaded: 2024-12-07T23:55:00+00:00
Duration: 34 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this personal monologue, the speaker recounts a journey from hardship to rapid professional success. While initially sleeping on a gym floor and…

7 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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In this personal monologue, the speaker recounts a journey from hardship to rapid professional success. While initially sleeping on a gym floor and receiving encouraging remarks from clients who admired his pursuit of the American Dream, he quickly progressed to hiring staff and managing a team within nine months. Upon entering the office lobby, he observed a shift in the same people’s attitude—they now viewed him with resentment, implying that they supported his ambition only until he began to surpass them. The speaker reflects on this experience as a realization that many people are comfortable with others succeeding only up to a point, but become hostile when that success exceeds their own status.

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Everyone believes in the American dream until it comes true. When I was sleeping on the gym floor, I was the underdog. You know, my clients were all like, oh, good for you, you know, you're going after your dream. They'd see my blanket and my pillow in the corner of the gym and they knew I was sleeping there. And then within 9 months, I had hired people and I had a manager. And I remember I walked in the lobby and the same people were like, ah, boss man's here. Oh, you're not too good for us now, right? And I remember being so jarred by the experience. And I was like, you You guys rooted for me, and now I did what you said you were rooting for me to do. And that was when I realized that people want you to do well, but not better than them.