Ever feel that business is sometimes unfair?

I know I do.

When you see other people using what you consider to be unscrupulous practices and yet succeeding.

Or people who've succeeded because of money or connections or luck or all three.

Or a whole host of other factors that just don't seem fair.

I've done my share of wallowing in self-pity that I wasn't so lucky or that I'm too honest or that I don't have the contacts and family money they do.

But at the end of the day, jealousy doesn't get you anywhere, no matter how warranted. 

Feeling annoyed at them doesn't help me. In fact, it holds me back.

It's a natural feeling. And you kind of need to let it out rather than bottle it up.

But you need to move on.

Ask yourself what can I do to improve my situation?

I've asked myself that question many times over the years. I've always come up with something.

And it's never anything to do with “them”. Always to do with me and what I can do differently.