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Why Care About What Others Think?
Do you worry about other people’s opinions?
Who doesn’t care about what others think of them? What we believe about their opinions can be life-altering. Should we care about what they think, and if so, why and when?
Let’s find some answers from a close friend and YouTube personality, My Mentor Jane.
Lessons from a friend
If you are like most of us, you care what other people think about you. Have you ever considered how this may affect your life? Does what everyone thinks even matter? How do you even know what they are thinking?
I am enjoying a series on YouTube at MyMentorJane titled Rip it off Wednesdays, where she says she will help us:
“Rip off the assumptions stuck to your thinking about how things are, what other people think and feel, and who you’re supposed to be.”
In a recent episode, Jane deals with an assumption many of us carry as a burden. The assumption is we should care what other people think about us. Not only can this assumption limit what we can accomplish in life, but it can also be suffocating!
Many have said, “Once I am old enough (usually something like 50 or 60), I won’t have to care…
