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Decide your life, ignore the noise
Don't allow others to rob you of your freedom
Dyani Janga
January 14, 2025
No matter what step you take in life, people will have something to say about it. Whether positive or negative.
And most definitely, people will have viewpoints about you that you don’t like them having.
But business is about risk.
It’s about embracing the possibility of losing everything, wasting your time, or letting go of dearly held friendships.
It’s about having the courage to be disliked.
😅 Stop People Pleasing
Your life is not something that someone gives you, but something you choose yourself. You are the one who decides how you live.
It’s no secret that we hold ourselves back from certain things, worrying about what other people will say about us.
Personally—I put off creating content for 2-3 years because of it.
I wanted to create content because I like providing value and sharing what I’ve learned. But I wanted others to like me more.
Unaware of the consequences—I suppressed sharing my knowledge so people wouldn’t have anything to say about me.
But I’ve set this people-pleasing mentality aside.
Because you guarantee unhappiness by ignoring your dreams.
Others cannot live life for you. They don’t care enough.
You decide how you live
You decide what you do
You decide what your future is
Stop thinking about others, because they’re not steering the ship. You are.
I’ve found that even though people talk behind my back, make jokes about me, or make annoying comments about/to me—life goes on and nothing changes. Something changes only when I do something differently and change my course.
Life is so free…
Don’t allow others to rob you of that freedom.
👞 Today’s Action Step:
Do something you’ve been putting off for a while—ask that girl out, record that video, or start that business/product line.
📖 Today’s Book Bit
Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
All problems are interpersonal relationship problems.
Book: The Courage To Be Disliked
Most of our struggles come from how we look and interact with others.
You need to have the courage to authentically express yourself, even if people will critique you for it. Who cares? You do!
If you don’t care about the opposing person’s opinion, it cannot hurt you.
🚿 Today’s Shower Thought
The most judgemental people deserve the most judgement.
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