You can't please everyone all of the time. Such a simple statement, that is either liberating when you think about it or it causes you a deep sense of frustration within.
I read a blog post earlier this week that touched on the topic. We work hard to please our family. We work hard to please our boss. Don't forget about your friends, the church, the volunteer position that you are donating your time to. It seems everyone wants more and more. But at the end of the day if you aren't going to be able to please everyone then who should you be putting your focus on?
That is a question that many people offer advice about, and even more people are searching for an answer that resonates with them. In my opinion, that is simply the wrong question, or at the very least a wrong perspective.
I believe that if you are doing the right things for the right reasons, pleasing people becomes less of your focus. But therein lies the irony, when you are doing the right things for the right reasons, people will generally be pleased.
It's just simple enough to be right. We spend too much of our valuable time "over thinking" everything.
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