Wooooooah hold on Jonny are you saying go out there and be disliked? Lol….. no!
I’m saying that from my experience the more I’ve progressed in life the more open I am to be criticized or face some kind of rejection. I wanted to share this from a perspective of someone with a Project Management career (where you have to request and challenge people), a Sales role (where you’re always in a place where you might upset people even if you are morally helping people with a great service which is what I believe in) and Podcast Host where I speak to a number of people out there.
I realised that actually I developed in those areas by being disliked. Now I want to be clear I am NOT completely carefree of what others think, there are times it holds me back a little. It’s always a work in progress.
Then I was thinking about it people who are usually killing it in an area are usually more open to recieve criticism etc. It’s not to say I or they don’t get hurt at times when receiving criticism yet this is something I’ve realised.
What I’ve learned though is that I don’t need to make a massive jump into being disliked. Sometimes it’s just a little next step. As always don’t forget to pat yourself on the back for every step you take.
If you want to never disliked, go and live in a cave away from nobody… that’s not what I want to do. Life is a growth experience, which the more I grow the more I know there may be someone who dislikes me rather than comfort.
You may not like the idea of being disliked, what I don’t like is the thought of regret from not growing in life.
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