Anyone could do that.”
“You just got lucky.”
These reactions are often an attempt to reduce the importance of your success so it doesn’t stand out. People who act this way may feel insecure when comparing themselves to you, so they try to diminish your accomplishments instead of being inspired.
- Focusing on the negative
Another behavior is turning your happiness into a potential problem.
For example:
A new job becomes “too stressful.”
Ahappy relationship is “unlikely to last.”
A big achievement comes with warnings that “things can change.”
Instead
