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26 Jun 2023 20:12

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Is jealousy good for better performance in studies?

We all know Jealousy is a negative trait and may make the individual unhappy. When we see somebody who is performing better than us we feel jealous of him/ her.

Some institutes researched this topic and found that jealousy motivated some students. With that motivation, they studied better and obtained better ranks and marks in the class. This is possible in students who realised their actual potential and found that they can do better by concentrating more on their studies. Being jealous is bad if we wish for the downfall of the other person. But it is good if we use it positively to unleash our inner potential.

"Jealousy can help focus your goals," says Dr Michelle Foster, a clinical psychologist. So I feel that jealousy may do good sometimes. I request other members to offer their comments.

#773944

26 Jun 2023 20:58

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Jealousy is good for scoring good marks. In better words, it is called 'competitive spirit'. But jealousy doesn't help a person to acquire knowledge on a particular subject.

But, nowadays, who bothers to acquire knowledge? We are all happy to score good marks only.

Billo Rani kahon to abhi jaan de doon: Oh dear Billo, if you ask, I will give my life

#773945

26 Jun 2023 21:04

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Instead of concentrating on their own routines, sometimes the students are seen wasting their time unnecessarily on the grand achievements of others. Though they praise their friends for their outstanding performance but internally they feel jealous of their performance. The net result is that their concentration on studies is not up to that level needed to achieve better results. Without the full concentration and devotion, nothing can be achieved so easily.
Hence the students must be aware of their present responsibilities without wasting even a single minute in negative emotions.

#773946

27 Jun 2023 00:11

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I believe in everyone's goodness. I never competed with jealousy but yes I had always a goal to do cent per cent. Jealousy is a kind of emotion, which can lead anyone to an extreme level. It wastes time from focusing on the goal, rather it creates competition. When a person sees the other side as a competitor and the competitor expresses his capabilities to achieve, the first person sticks to that and decides what he/she would need to do depending on the competitor's capabilities. At right that moment the person get away from the probability of getting a hundred per cent. Secondly, if the person would not achieve more than that of the competitor then it may lead him/her in the wrong way as the person is emotionally captured.

#773947

27 Jun 2023 00:15

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I guess to a certain age, jealousy is acceptable as a competitive sprit among young students, but as an adolescent and adult student, one should be able to judge better and understand the difference between healthy competition and jealousy.
Jealousy is a very negative emotion if not kept in check, it can ruin lives if gets out of control. Especially among teenagers who often sabotage each other's work because of jealousy. This should not be the case. In students, healthy competition and sportsmanship should be given praise, not jealousy. Everyone who lives in a competitive environment should know this thin line between being competitive and being jealous.

"It is hardest thing in the world to be good thinker without being a good self examiner"

#773953

27 Jun 2023 13:22

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Jealousy is a natural trait in human beings. The only difference is that some people are less jealous while some are more.
Jealousy is considered as a negative characteristic and in most of the cases it doesn't provoke competitive spirits. It is also said that jealousy often harms the person as his mindset will be creating unnecessary stress, for himself, which is associated with jealousy.
The feeling of doing better than others and competing is something that can never be done under the pangs of jealousy. It is the ambitions and aspirations that help in making a good career in studies rather than jealousy.

Knowledge is power.

#774193

15 Jul 2023 12:26

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What Dr Michelle Foster said about was when the emotions raised in a person when the jealousy he feels about another evokes a positive thought. That means, instead of resenting the achievement or possessions of another and feeling let down, if one is able to look at how and why he could achieve the same and then make efforts to reach that stage, the emotion of jealousy created in him will have a positive impact and it would then, as Dr Foster said, help one in focusing on his goals. If you let your jealous feeling take a negative turn, you will just remain disgruntled and dissatisfied without being able to focus on what you want to achieve and will remain where you are. So, if you feel jealous about your classmate scoring higher marks, your endeavor should be to try to understand how he could score such good marks and channelize your thoughts and efforts to better yourself in that direction.

'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all'.
-Aristotle

#774206

16 Jul 2023 13:14

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Anything is good to some extent. Recently a mother of child in Karaikkal under Pudhuchery got some jealousy on a boy who is studying with her child. That boy scored good marks over her daughter. So, this mother called that boy to her house and after greeting she gave poison mixed cooldrink. It cannot be tolerated though this is based on jealousy .

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