Accept the fact that there is almost always going to be someone mad at you — Richard Carlson
“Accept the fact that there is almost always going to be someone mad at you.”This is a difficult concept to accept, particularly if, like me, you are a “people pleaser,” or worse still, an approval seeker. Yet I’ve found that if you don’t make peace with this virtual inevitability, it guarantees that you will spend a great deal of time struggling with one of the unfortunate realities of life – disappointment.
– entry No. 55 in Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff at Work
, by Richard Carlson, Ph.D., 1998.
Adults with attention deficit disorder are particulary sensitive to criticism.* For us, Carson’s advice is doubly useful.
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