Tag: opinions

• What They Think

  Think about all of the things you never did simply because you were afraid of what someone else thought.

  Imagine what you would have and could have experienced and accomplished by now if you did not listen to other people’s fears or criticism.

  They do not have to live with your regret.

  That is your burden to bear.

  It is one thing to have failed while attempting something great, but to have never even tried is a failure much worse.

  Be yourself now and end the cycle of regret.

  Live your life the way you see fit.

  No one else can do it for you and what they think about you is none of your business anyway.

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  January 28, 2024

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• Not For Me

  It is okay to say, “This is not for me.”

  You do not have to like everything others create.

  Nor do you have to be opposed to that which you do not like.

  If it is not for you, it is not for you.

  Let it be.

  Leave others alone to make what they make and to enjoy what they enjoy.

  Likewise, it is okay for others to say of your work, “This is not for me.”

  Your work should not be for everyone anyway.

  If no one dislikes your work, it is very likely that no one loves it either.

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  January 8, 2024

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• What Others Think

  If you spend too much time worrying about what other people think about you, you will begin to lose sight of who you are.

  In truth, what other people think of you is none of your business.

  While this is not an excuse to behave badly, it is a mindset that will free you from uselessly fretting over the opinions and feelings of others.

  At the end of the day, regardless of what others think, you have to live with yourself.

  If all of your time and energy is spent trying to please, or at least not displease others, your life is no longer your own.

  Trying to be who you are while also trying to be who others expect, desire, or imagine you to be is impossible, not to mention exhausting.

  It is difficult enough to be yourself without worrying about what others think.

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  December 4, 2023

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• Embracing Friction

  We often get set in our ways because they have seemed to work for us thus far. 

  They brought us to this point, after all. 

  We are blinded by our own perceived success.  

  We cannot see what we cannot see and we cannot see what others see. 

  So we do not know if another way is better than what we have been doing. 

  We keep going in our own direction until we get stuck. 

  Failure is sometimes the only thing that can make us change our minds and change our ways. 

  This is why challenging ourselves is so important. 

  If we are not putting ourselves into situations that are difficult, wherein our limits are being tested, we are much more likely to have ideas, opinions, and make all sorts of presumptions with no way of knowing if they are true or not. 

  Our attitudes and habits are tested with friction. 

  If we avoid friction, we are more likely to remain ignorant of our errors in judgement. 

  The best way, therefore, to get on the right side of truth is to be willing to be wrong and to put ourselves in a position to fail. 

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  September 21, 2023

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• To Act Bravely

  If you do something brave and fail, no one else gets to have an opinion about your failure without your permission.

  What other people think about the outcome of your efforts is none of your business unless you choose for it to be.

  You are the one who stepped up.

  You are the one who faced your fears, and make no mistake, there is no bravery without there first being fear.

  You are the one who put it on the line, who took a chance, and who went to battle against the demons of inertia, mundanity, and mediocrity.

  Every act of bravery is remarkable, regardless of the outcome.

  You are exceptional because of your failures, not in spite of them, because failure is evidence that you tried.

  Use your failure as fuel to move forward.

  Keep going, keep trying, and continue to act bravely.

  The opinions of those who do not act bravely, and will never do so, are of no consequence.

  Their voices exist only in your mind; they are not real.

  They are echos of your past and of the fear that you left behind on your journey of courage.

  The only thing that matters is the next challenge you will face, the next obstacle you will overcome, and the work you do now in preparation for the next opportunity to act bravely.

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  June 28, 2023

  action, bravery, courage, fear, opinions, preparation, vulnerability

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