Not Everyone Will Love You

I’m a people pleaser. I fight it like crazy. But I love it when people like me. It’s pitiful. I know.

So I’m about to launch an online magazine. I have about 800 subscribers so far. But the other day, I saw two people unsubscribed. They unsubscribed! I hadn’t even posted anything yet and people already didn’t like me?! It hurt.

I tried to shake it off. I can’t let two people wreck my joy. Eight hundred people “like me”…two people don’t. Doesn’t it seem like disapproval is exponentially louder than approval?

Remember. Not everyone will love you.

It’s just a fact. You won’t make everyone happy. The sooner you embrace this fact the sooner you can enjoy your art again. A lot of people will disapprove of you–especially when you start doing something significant. You can’t let that phase you.

Focus on the approval instead of the disapproval. If I had 800 successful stock purchases compared to 2 unsuccessful stock buys…I’d be a millionaire. If a president had 800 people liking him for ever 2 that didn’t…he’d be the most beloved president in history.

Mute those who disapprove of you. They only feed your insecurity. And your insecurity needs to die. Starve it. Focus on the approval. Focus on the good. Let that encourage you.

Haters gonna hate…but I won’t hear it.

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