What If I Act Like Myself, And People Think I’m Crazy?

Summary

  • I like being myself. Do you? Being carefree, relaxed and not having to act like someone else. I hope you do. When we act like ourselves, we show others who we are. And the cost… is someone will not like you. Going out there with your new haircut, and there is always that one person thinking it was a little too short. Everyone has a different preference for everything, so that’s why you got the haircut and they didn’t.
  • When you stand for something, there will always be someone that doesn’t like you.
    • You can’t please everyone. - When you try to please everyone, you actually aren’t pleasing everyone. Since Trump and Hilary both wants to be the president, but there is only one position. Can’t please them both, so don’t try to please everyone. Focus on being yourself and expressing yourself.
    • Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and Abraham Lincoln all stood up for something. They voiced a strong stance. Even if it was for a good cause, some people still hated them for it. - Just look at Stephen Curry the basketball player right now. He is just being himself, but no matter what he does, someone somewhere is going to throw a mean tweet at him. We are not going to get that much adversity from being ourselves but expect some people to not like it. Don’t try to please everyone, because it’s simply not possible.
  • If you make a habit of not speaking, people will treat you like you don’t speak.
    • The downsides of not being yourself is silence. - When you are in a group and you usually don’t talk, people will think you won’t have an opinion. We teach people how to treat us. If you show opinions on what kind of food or cloth we want, people will know. If we don’t like how someone treat us, we need to speak up. We can all still do this in a respectful way.
  • Challenges are one of your keys to maturing as a person.
    • Learning to face people that don’t agree with you with calmness grows you to handle problems with confidence. - One of the hardest things to do is to try to talk to someone that tries to put you down. It doesn’t matter what the reason is. The feeling of negativity just drains us. Learning to face negativity strengthens your identity. The process helps you understand precisely what you stand for. Challenges build you up as person.