365 Days With Self-Discipline: 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success


WEEK 16 Day 106: On Valuing Your Own Opinion



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365 Days With Self-Discipline 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success by Martin Meadows (z-lib.org).epub

WEEK 16

Day 106: On Valuing Your Own Opinion

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than

all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than

on the opinion of others.

—Marcus Aurelius

 

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Publicly refusing instant gratification — such as ordering a salad when

everybody around you orders a pizza — can result in criticism from other

people. If you lack trust in yourself, this negative feedback can cause self-

doubt and compromise your long-term goals.

As Marcus Aurelius points out, it’s a curious fact that even though we

consider  ourselves  the  most  important  people  in  our  lives,  we  still  often

value the opinion of others more than our own.

Usually people who are the opposite of what you want to accomplish

criticize  you  out  of  fear  of  being  inferior  to  you.  If  you  manage  to  reach

success,  what  does  it  say  about  them?  Consequently,  even  if  they  aren’t

malicious by nature, you may sense resistance coming from their direction,

often  masquerading  as  good-hearted  advice,  but  intended  to  make  you

conform to the status quo.

While I doubt that there is a foolproof way to stop valuing the opinion

of others more than our own (and I doubt that it would be smart to assume

that  we  know  everything  best)  forever,  there  is  a  way  to  protect  yourself

from self-doubt upon hearing criticism.

It’s  really  quite  simple.  Whenever  somebody  criticizes  your  choices,

ask yourself if they can serve as a model for you. If your overweight friend

ridicules  your  resolution  to  stop  eating  fast  food,  is  his  or  her  opinion

valuable  for  you?  Does  he  or  she  set  a  positive  example  and  have  the

credibility to change your mind? If not, why listen to him or her?





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