On being disliked

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Scott D. Clary writes in Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/scottdclarypage/posts/pfbid02LhdiChrrzTYHg14ikKiaLm8CPZ9dbe4pNAdeQrwiWA8ADnqSzeLLzZaeZ53kxv7Ul :

Major cheat code in life: Learning to be disliked. Most people will trade their dreams for approval. They'll stay small to avoid criticism. They'll apologize for success. But the right people will celebrate your growth. The wrong people were always going to find a reason to dislike you anyway. Stop shrinking yourself for people who don't matter.

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Да, именно так.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Hell, I never had a chance of being liked, at least by the mainstream. It has saved me a great deal of time and energy. Eventually I did find subcultures where I can be popular. It's nice to have the option of friends. I'm just not as, hm, desperate for it as most people seem to be.

I refuse to change myself for the sake of people I neither like, respect, nor admire.