The world as we know it is divided into tworich and poor. Most of us would equate success on how people view us, how much material goods we have accumulated, or just how much people accept us. We also want to have influence and control over others, which is one of the strongest reasons why we try so hard to reach the top of the ladder, so to speak. But the pursuit of trying to be on top tends to backfire as we become more absorbed on achieving a high social or career status. This preoccupation with success, for some, leads down to the road of anxiety.
Status Anxiety, according author Alain de Botton, is all about the desire to climb the social ladder and the hunger for adulation and public approval. This quest for acclaim and material prosperity has been struggle for those the have’s and have nots. This competition for status and wealth has also elicited negative reactions and behavior such as snobbery, self-importance or conceit, flattery, and indifference.
This desire to be recognized, to keep up with the Jones’ have given us too much worry; and little by little, the desire takes its toll. Before you know it, it affects the stability of your...
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