Written by: Karin Glannstam, Executive Contributor
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"Any amount of time you spend criticizing others, it's time you could spend improving yourself." - Nate Miller
Do you know someone that is constantly criticizing the looks or efforts of others?
Maybe you are that person that is doing the criticizing?
Maybe you are on the receiving end of a lot of criticism, and you don't understand why? Critics are everywhere. They might be your own family members, friends, your boss, co-workers, or spouse. Or it might even be someone that you don't even know, criticizing you online. I have had my fair share of critics and haters and I have come to the conclusion that life is way too short to take critics seriously.
I have a life purpose and I am busy pursuing my dream. I don't have time for these kinds of people.
I have a sense of meaningful work that I am doing. I have plenty of projects and a career to pursue. Of course, it hurts and it feels unfair when people that you know and sometimes that you don't know are slinging rubbish in your direction. But one thing I have come to understand is this...
Someone's opinion of me doesn't change my reality. It's just an opinion. I want you to understand this too because it's very important.
Again... Someone's opinion of you doesn't have to become your reality.
Opinions only have power over you, when you agree with them.
What these critics are trying to do is to try to pull you down to their level, and keep you there. They are a huge distraction to your life purpose.
Critics do not have a life purpose. And if they do, they are not pursuing it very hard, or they might even be totally off track with their own life.
They are usually procrastinators and they don't like hard work. Critics are doing the easy thing.
They are criticizing someone else, instead of developing themselves and their own life, purpose, or dream.
They don't know how to pursue their own greatness. They don't want to focus and they don't want to put in the hard work towards accomplishing their own dream.
Critics don't have to do anything. All they have to do is to sit back and dish out rubbish. Pursuing your own dream and life purpose is not an easy thing to do.
As a matter of fact, it is often very challenging. It will demand everything from you. You don't have time to sit back and do nothing.
You are responsible for creating results. You are working hard towards something useful in life.
You want to improve and make a difference in your own life and also in the world.
How To Deal With Critics
Be clear with yourself about your own values.
Be clear about your own goals and dreams in life.
It's very important that you have a life purpose. If you don't, figure it out right now.
Keep going.
Build momentum and just plow right through those critics.
Opinions are like ghosts. Don't believe that ghosts are real. You can just push right through them and they will disappear. Don't allow these ghosts to haunt you for years. Know the truth.
Be confident. Don't take criticism seriously. Don't allow it to slow you down on your path of pursuing your life purpose.
In the end, we have to take responsibility for the results that we want in life.
Don't rely on people with really bad and discouraging opinions of you and your work.
Never give away your power to these people.
Create your own success.
Create massive value for the world.
Karin Glannstam, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Karin Glannstam is a Personal Success Coach specializing in helping people to successfully get back on track after life has knocked them down
She has self-published 4 self-help books and she writes a weekly newsletter and blog.
She is also very passionate about, fitness, health, and well-being and she runs a private Facebook group, Empower Yourself To Succeed.
Born and raised in Sweden, Karin started out working as a nurse. In 1987 she moved to the US and today she spends her time between Texas and Sweden.
Her mission is to inspire, empower and educate others to create a powerful vision for their life, develop a game plan and then take action on that plan to bridge the gap from where they are today to where they want to be in the future.
Karin's motto is “Be Courageous, Take Action & Make It Happen!”
