How Envy Can Guide Your Path to Success | Christie Aschwanden | TEDxPaonia

Can being envious make you a better, happier person? “Tell me who or what you envy, and I’ll tell you what your true heart desires” says Science Writer Christie Aschwanden. In this talk, Christie debunks the myth that feeling envy is malicious and inherently bad for us. She uses research from psychology and economics and a powerful personal tale to show how denying our envy robs us of an opportunity for self-actualization.

Video produced by Jay Canode & David Jacobson
Intro animation by Adam Smith

Christie Aschwanden is the lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight. Her work also appears inThe Washington Post, The New York Times, Slate, Smithsonian, Mother Jones, Discover, Popular Science, andO, the Oprah Magazine. She lives on a small farm where she raises heritage poultry and chases off goshawks.