February 5, 2010
This post was inspired by reading Professor Martin Seligman’s book ‘Learned Optimism’ and watching a clip of a ‘celebrity’ (gosh I don’t like that word lol!!!) being interviewed. It came to a segment during the interview, where he/she stated, if people don’t like me, WHAT DO I DO?
That stuck like glue!!! Let’s look at the facts, ‘YOU CAN’T BE LIKED BY EVERYONE’ and you certainly don’t like everyone (that may be controversial), so the sooner you understand this principle, the happier you would be.
No matter how hard you try to impress certain people, they can’t/won’t like you. It could be [...]
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August 3, 2009
Please Note: This topic was written in the context of being comfortable with yourself as an individual, your gifts, talents. It also focuses on not trying too hard to be a people pleaser and lays emphasis on being the best you can be constructively.
Accepting who you are.
I felt I should blog on this topic after listening to someone talk about who he was and the extra miles he took in trying to please everyone because he never felt comfortable accepting who he was.
Many of us don’t accept who we are because it’s a very difficult thing to do. We are [...]
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