Circle of Trust

The world is full of cliches and memes and “motivational” statements that we’ve all heard a hundred times over. Sometimes we come across one that for some reason is worded a certain way that resonates with us. For me, this was a few days ago when I came across the line “What other people think of me is none of my business.”

I struggle with the vanity of life and the comparison to others and the, speaking of cliches, “keeping up with the Jones’s.” I know it, I preach against it, but still something that’s part of my mental game. Asking myself silently way too often, “what will that person think of me?” It comes out in what I wear, how I act, and probably unconsciously more than I’d care to know. But the idea of thinking that it’s actually “none of my business” to be concerned with others think of me was a new way of thinking about this struggle.

Granted, there are going to be times that it IS part of my business what others think of me – in work situations, as a Q (AAR!), etc. But by and large what others think of me should not be something I spend time picking my fingernails or having any sort of anxiety over. Chances are, what I worry myself about has nothing to do with what the other person/people are even considering or consciously aware of. It’s a journey men, and I am jealous of those I see in my life that are able to abide by this mantra. I am not sure if they do it naturally, or if they have to work on it, but it’s something I will continue to work on and will get better at.

Keep learning. About yourself and about each other. And Level Up and kick some ass today!

SYITG. Love, Uncle Rico