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Develop Thicker Skin — Becoming Unaffected By The Words Of Others
In light of everything that exists, through all of time, the creation & destruction of the universe and everything within it, someone calling you stupid does not seem to matter at all.
It seems a bit petty if anything, because the scales are just too different in size.
But while that may be true it may not make you feel any better.
Such comparisons can help, but if you compare on this grand a scale too often you will eventually also consider your life to not matter at all.
That being said, if you do want to develop a thicker skin you must be able to put things into perspective.
Looking at the bigger picture, at what truly matters, is the best way to develop thicker skin.
Not necessarily because your skin gets tougher but rather because you become less affected by the words of others.
It’s becoming incorporeal in comparison to the words being said.
Take for example a doctor who is saving lives every single day.
They are participating in nerve-wrecking operations, meet family members that will hate them for the rest of their lives for a screwed up operation or be grateful for as long as they live as they will be the reason their…
