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Mind Your Business

Posted in Fullfilment, Life Management, Uncategorized with tags , , , on May 20, 2009 by 2nd Hand Advice

Are you plagued with thoughts that nobody likes you, people don’t give you your props, you don’t get the respect you think you deserve? 

The late great psychiatrist, Dr. David Viscot, inventor of short term thearapy,  once said if your consumed by what others think about you, you don’t have much going for yourself or much going on in life.

Some of us spend way too much time thinking about what others think about us.  Am I making the right impression?  Do they like me?  Why do they do things to intentionally annoy me?

Well, the right question to ask is, who cares?   The truth is most people are really only worried about what’s going on in their own lives.  Every single person has their own cross to bear.  We all have enough to deal with, to face our own problems, burdens, worries, concerns and issues.

Nobody has the time to worry about you too!   Besides, really, you’re not so important that you command that kind of attention and focus from others.  Get off you high horse! 

Live your life.  Get a focus on things you need to accomplish to stay on the upswing.  Mind you own business.  Set some goals, and take action to move those goals forward.  Don’t worry about what others think or say about you. When you focus on you, and do the things you need to do, it won’t matter what others think about you.  That’s minding YOUR business.