If your friend thinks it’s okay to progress, leaving you behind because you aren’t bright enough or hard-working enough, then he was never your true friend.
Friends are supposed to pull you ahead, not leave you behind because you’re slow. Friends are supposed to motivate you, push you beyond your limits because he can’t imagine a world where his friends are not with him to celebrate his success.
People who happen to hang around with you because of common interests and leave you behind to progress – we call them COLLEAGUES, not FRIENDS.
So, next time you call yourself a friend, imagine a world where you’ve succeeded in landing your dream gig and your friend is still struggling. If that doesn’t bother you, you aren’t “friend” material.