A friend, after significant career success, found herself in rooms with some incredibly rich and successful people. She shared that the biggest learning she took away was that people are the same.
Many insecure. Many jealous. Some smart. Some thoughtful.
Their wealth and success didn’t make her any more likely to like them.
We project a lot onto success — wisdom, contentment, confidence.
But it is worth reminding ourselves that those are exactly that -> our projections.
A Learning a Day 