Overcoming People-Pleasing: Don't Worry About What Other People Think About You
by David Chadwick
The first step to overcoming people-pleasing is to realize that people make lousy gods.
Here's the second tip. Don't worry about what other people think about you. It's a trap.
My dad used to say this phrase to me all the time. Then he would add, "The truth is, they aren't thinking about you at all. They are too busy thinking about themselves."
People-pleasing is an endless cycle that leads to nowhere. Trust me. I have had to learn this lesson the hard way. The more I try to keep everyone around me happy, the more unhappy I become.
We were never designed to spend our energy…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.