I have an old friend that I used to hang out with and he was kind of shy like me. While he was out doing drugs and not doing so good, I started reading into this stuff, haven't done much with it but while I'm trying to improve my life 1 year later he already got unshy and doesn't care what people think of him. I'm jealous because I wanted to be that guy who doesn't care what people think and I didn't improve as much as he did even when I was out studying this stuff and trying to improve my life. This makes me question if pickup will even help me because if I get to the point where I don't care what anyone thinks of me than there's nothing else to improve on right?

Pick-up isn't about going to the point you don't care what other people think of you. It's about going to women and trying to seduce them.

And jealousy is always bad. Always.

I'll be honest...I didn't read your post....just the title...But any negative feelings/emotions such as jealousy will most definitely hinder your game....I've been there before. Going to big parties, where there would be 3-4 beautiful girls talking to me right off the bat....but here I am, looking at the ex thinking "hgklghjkhla I wana be with her..." In retrospect, I want to kick my own ass for not realizing what was right in front of me...amazing opportunities!! I did not see them because all I saw was my own jealous emotions which blinded me from what was right there...So I suggest to do some meditation or something if you're experiencing jealousy..Its really nothing you want to keep around because it will always lead you to feeling bad, and possibly develop impulsive behavior spawned from the uncontrolled emotions of the jealousy..like i said, thats not good for anybody

Will it affect your game? No. Why does it make you jealous? Because you're not approaching girls and he is ! What's the solution? Approach girls !

When I approach a girl the rest of the world goes out of the window. I don't think about anything that's going on around me (i.e. work stresses, money troubles, etc).

Once you've approached a few girls, got a few numbers, got a few k-closes or even f-closes, you wont care about this anymore.

This is about you, not your friend