Do people’s opinions about you make you second guess yourself?

Have you ever thought … I can’t do that! What would people think?

Because if you have, then you’re letting people’s opinions about you rule your life.

I bet far more people actually do this than may want to admit and it’s one of the advantages of age, in that you just don’t care what people think.

Look at little children, they don’t care! They never let people’s opinions stop them from wearing whatever the hell they want. If they want to wear a purple gumboot (wellington) and a pink one and green pants with an orange top, they will.

Because they love those things.

Do you? Do you when you’re looking at buying something think, “I’m too old to wear that” or maybe “I couldn’t get away with wearing that”????

I’m not talking about office wear but everyday wear. If you have those thoughts, then yes, you’re letting people’s opinions about you rule your life.

Maybe you want to do something rather radical for you and then worry about what the kids / friends / family will think or say ……. So you don’t do it.

Then yep, you too are letting people’s opinions about you rule your life.

It doesn’t matter what people’s opinions are about you if they’re thinking about you at all.

What matters is what YOUR opinion of you is. That’s the most important thing.

When you make a decision, you need to make it based on what is best for you.

Not on what other people’s opinions may be.

You need to stop asking yourself what other people’s opinions may be when faced with a decision.

Wear that crazy outfit. Go on that holiday. Change careers.

This is your life so live it to the full, the way that you want to and stop letting other people’s opinions stop you from doing just that.