Funny thing about success, people don’t tell you this part. It costs you friends. Not because you turned into someone else, but because deep down they never really wanted you to move past them. And you feel it when it happens. You start winning, and suddenly the energy shifts… they’re quieter, colder. Some even start looking at you like you betrayed some unspoken pact to stay stuck together.
And the weirdest part is, you remember how they clapped when you were struggling, when you were still “safe.” They liked you better tired, broke, doubting yourself. But the moment you level up, when you finally catch a breath, they can’t hide the resentment. Not everyone claps, that’s the truth.
Real friends, though? They don’t change. Success doesn’t drive them away, it just makes the fake ones impossible to miss.
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