Is stopping worrying about everyone liking you the key to worldly success?

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Or not?

― N., Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

success = being wuvved, surely?

― Graham, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Maybe you should try asking this of a group of people who have actually achieved worldly success rather than a bunch of internet mentalists?

― Emma, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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Yes. (TM http://www.truemeaningoflife.com)

― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Well duh! (No wonder we don't like you, you keep asking stoopid questions).

― Pete, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Of course. I think it'd be great to not care if anybody liked me or not.

― jel --, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Success = california beach house, and not having to work.

― jel --, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It may have more to do with happiness than success, but what would I know?

― Martin Skidmore, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's the key to not getting upset much about things.

― Nick Southall, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

try teaching high school kids...

― kiwi, Wednesday, 8 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

who cares about what everyone thinks? only the people you love matter. and what is success anyway? i reckon i'm pretty successful, to me this means i'm doing everything i wanna be doing, that is making music and studying music & feminism. success isn't based on how much everyone loves you or whether or not you care about it, though perhaps i would consider myself a big failure if i had no friends. fortunately though that is not the case. anyway i'm waffling.

― di, Wednesday, 8 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

yo tracer, time to pull out your link to epictetus again

― Josh, Wednesday, 8 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

who cares about what everyone thinks? only the people you love matter.

I see the appeal of this attitude, but ultimately I think it's defeatist, and (this sounds very melodramatic) perhaps the cause of all world conflict ever.

― N., Wednesday, 8 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Respect is probably a better thing to aim for than being liked by everybody.

― jel --, Wednesday, 8 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Maybe you should try asking this of a group of people who have actually achieved worldly success rather than a bunch of internet mentalists?

Emma, he'll die waiting for the answers if that's the only group he can ask.....

But really, it is impossible to be liked by absolutely everyone. Surely, elitism and racism is an example of that.

Give me self-respect and confidence every time. I find most people are attracted to that, anyway....

― Nichole, Wednesday, 8 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

respect is not a better thing to be aimed for. some people refuse to respect you if you so much as oh have a cunt. probably a better thing to aim for is to respect everybody. not that i would ever practise that, but still its a nice thought ain't it.

yes n you were being melodramatic with cause-of-world-conflict thang. i wasn't saying that "you should only want to be loved by yr loved ones, everyone else can go to hell". its just people should be aware that human beings are fickle and theres always gonna be plenty of people who you just rub up the wrong way just cos.

― di, Wednesday, 8 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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