You do not need to convince everyone: an archived Project Mindset post, originally published in 2021. Dates and roles reflect the original publication.
You Do Not Have to Convince Everyone
A reminder that you do not need to convince everyone or please everyone. Sometimes focusing on yourself is enough.
I once caught myself giving feedback on everything and everyone. Although well-intended, others received it negatively. Since then, I have become more restrained.
“Bees don’t waste their time explaining to flies that honey is better than shit.”
My interpretation: industrious people focus on their own goals rather than fruitlessly persuading everyone else that those goals are worthwhile. They let others get on with their own lives.
Find more about feedback in podcast episode 3. Another fitting saying: sincere feedback makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker.
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More in the Project Mindset archive (German) and the Reza Mehman Podcast.
