And what about that person or his life makes you envious? This is a brilliant question because envy is a very strong emotion and therefore a very useful marker on the path towards self knowledge. Gretchen Rubin (blogger and author who studies happiness) points out that the things that make you jealous can tell you a lot about what you want most in life. (She’s not talking about envying someone’s new laptop or watch. She mentions reading the alumni notes in her college magazine and feeling sick with envy to learn about someone’s job in writing. This is how she learned she should move her life path away from law and towards writing.) So in your life, who is it? Whom do you envy? Think seriously about it and you’ll be rewarded with a serious data point about yourself.

Source: Gretchen Rubin’s main stage talk at World Domination Summit 2013

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