When I was younger, caring about what others think of was painful...until I realized it's part of being young and inexperienced. I also found that the earlier I can let go of others validating me, the faster I can begin to live my real life and self, and be truly happy living.

TLDR: Don't waste time thinking about what others are thinking about you. Ironically, very, very little people are thinking about you - they're preoccupied thinking what others are thinking of them or other people's intentions...which is a waste of time.This can be applied to personal and professional relationships.When I was younger, other people's negative and hurtful comments and comparisons were bloody brutal (I wrote on negative comparisons here in reddit: https://ift.tt/32AL70Z seems especially harder when I grew up fat, quiet, shy, awkward and definitely very, very insecure. After all, then, we don't talk about feelings, emotions and what we think.I was taught that it was important how others thought about me, both good and bad, and that I was to "get" more good comments than bad...but funnily enough, I get more bad comments and comparisons than good ones.Really, really fucking painful.Even though they can be blatantly wrong, but because they're shouting / louder / have more money / older / more popular, they seem to "be right"...when they're totally wrong.One of my favorite examples was a person who said a contract they signed is void because they DIDN'T read it...this person was quickly let go. LOL I cringed again thinking about this.That's when the realization #1 came to me: these people may not be aware or not know that they're wrong...they only want to hear what they want to hear, and sometimes truths ain't pretty.My Lord, that changed the perspective entirely...fuuuuuuuuuuuuck!Instead of reacting to their reaction and then they react to my reaction on an infinite cycle, i rather just stop the broken loop there. No point getting caught up in that.Just this realization itself has improved my happiness score by a lot LOL - i think not wasting my emotions on things that aren't important just gives me more bandwidth to enjoy business, relationships, off time etc - brilliant eheheheHere's a video with more practical advice and examples of good / useful realizations if you enjoyed this​About me: I’m an average entrepreneur, dad and husband who is fascinated with marketing, leadership, entrepreneurship and creating a life and stuff that matters. These videos and posts are a fun project for myself where I share about what I'm thinking about or cool stuff I discover. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy