DON'T Listen to Haters
Summary
You can't listen to the last person that whispered in your ear." A rider on the train shares a philosophy of radical self-reliance with Kareem, explaining why she refuses to take compliments or criticisms too seriously. It all boils down to hating unsolicited advice. Whether someone's gassing you up or tearing you down, her response stays the same: thank you and keep it moving. She only listens to herself.
Full Transcript
So what's your take? My take is that you can't listen to the last person that whispered in your ear. Like, you can't take people gassing you up too seriously, and you can't take people tearing you down too seriously. So you just don't listen to anyone. You don't listen to anyone. You listen to yourself.
Has somebody whispered in your ear too many people? I hate unsolicited advice. That's what it is. It's unsolicited advice. If it's a compliment, if it's a criticism—thank you and keep it moving.