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When Your Colleague Is Jealous of Your Success

March 5, 2025
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Whenever we achieve a new milestone—whether it’s landing a major client, winning a promotion, or beating sales targets—we’d love to think our colleagues would cheer and support us. But it doesn’t always work out that way. As your successes build up, you may begin to sense that a colleague—even one who was once a friend—is starting to feel jealous or resentful of you.

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