May 2, 2014
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SHOW NOTES: In the MYTH WARRIORS™ series we are targeting ideas to begin to assess whether they are credible or not. We are warriors fighting to establish clarity between what is accurate and what is simply a myth (or falsehood) in life. Our topic is, “You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” - Eleanor Roosevelt (longest serving First Lady of the US)
What do other people really think of me? They
don't.
This may sound blunt (it is simply direct!) but the obsession with
perceptions of what other people think about us is difficult for me
to understand. Most of us spend our waking hours on our own lives
(what we are doing, feeling, etc.). The
belief that we are forefront in the minds of other people (beyond
our closest loved ones) is narcissistic.
There are stages of human development that we all experience (to
some extent) as adolescents where we are learning to define
ourselves and are focused on our peer feedback. The continuation of
this behavior into adulthood is not going to result in the best
possible outcomes.
1) How do you know what other people think at
all?
You don’t. You only know what they tell you they claim to be
thinking (which is not necessarily accurate). If you ask a friend,
“How do I look in this dress?” What incentive do they have to tell
you anything other than what you want to hear?
2) If other people tell you what they claim to think about you, so
what?
What does [...]
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