I have two ways of reframing this that help me: Every time you find yourself comparing yourself to someone richer, also pick out someone poorer and compare you

I have two ways of reframing this that help me: Every time you find yourself comparing yourself to someone richer, also pick out someone poorer and compare yourself to them at the same time. Should that poorer person be a ton more miserable than you? What does that say about how unhappy you should be seeing someone richer than you? Realize that being close to a bunch of rich people says good things about your choices and not bad things. They have just gotten that final bit of luck to push them over the edge. Every way that you're similar to these people is a set of things you're doing financially correctly. You've weighted the dice in your favor, and you're just waiting for the roll to come up your way. Context: These helped a ton when my friends were getting rich in startups. Eventually I did catch up to some of them, and they still help a ton when I compare myself to the ones who did way better.