Comments on: Listening to the voices of doubt will get you nowhere fast http://wevivify.com/2010/04/07/voices-of-doubt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=voices-of-doubt Creating change one conversation at a time Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Petrucci http://wevivify.com/2010/04/07/voices-of-doubt/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Mike Petrucci Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:14:30 +0000 http://wevivify.com/?p=649#comment-98 When I have people around me that are putting me or my ideas down, I distance myself. It's not worth my time and worrying to cater to negative people and comments. Sometimes I'll be grumpy about something and I have to fight to keep from saying something mean for no reason. When someone is telling me about something they are excited about, I need to learn to be happy for them regardless and listen! I love being right (and usually are! hahah!) but what people need is a friendly smile and a listeners ear. Anyway, great post! I know that if I listen to the people that say I can't do something, it 'may' lead to me wanting to prove them wrong but usually it will just make me drop it all together. But really, what I do now is I say to myself, "I'm not giving that person the authority to steal my joy. I refuse to." and I'm totally fine! When I have people around me that are putting me or my ideas down, I distance myself. It's not worth my time and worrying to cater to negative people and comments. Sometimes I'll be grumpy about something and I have to fight to keep from saying something mean for no reason. When someone is telling me about something they are excited about, I need to learn to be happy for them regardless and listen! I love being right (and usually are! hahah!) but what people need is a friendly smile and a listeners ear. Anyway, great post! I know that if I listen to the people that say I can't do something, it 'may' lead to me wanting to prove them wrong but usually it will just make me drop it all together. But really, what I do now is I say to myself, “I'm not giving that person the authority to steal my joy. I refuse to.” and I'm totally fine!

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