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Why a friend's success can feel complicated

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Your best friends are happy for your promotion right up until it makes them feel entirely inadequate. Major leaps forward in status instantly trigger deep, hidden resentment, forcing your peers to smile through extremely gritted teeth while they question their own worth.

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