Did you know that one of the greatest fears people live with is the fear of what other people think of them?
It can really get in your head and eat you from the inside out, can’t it?
My clients go through this a lot when they join the Code Red Lifestyle.
People who didn’t say a word when you guzzled 12 cans of Pepsi a day decide to freak out and lecture when they learn you drink a gallon of water a day.
For that reason, and many others – such as guilt, shame, and fear of failure – some of my clients don’t tell anyone when they join the Code Red Lifestyle.
In fact, I’ve had people join a challenge, and then contact my staff and beg us not to “tell anyone.”
It wouldn’t even occur to my staff or myself to anything like that, but these people are so terrified of friends and family finding out, they initiate contact with us and plead.
I get it. Though I receive daily messages from people thanking me for helping them take their life back, I also get nasty, hateful emails and social media messages from people who decide Code Red’s not for them, and the only way they can cope is to bash me.
My Rebels even send me screenshots when they catch people trashing me. Believe me, I endure my share of vitriol.
But you know what stuff like that has taught me?
It’s taught me that caring that much about what other people think can be a pretty miserable prison, if you let it.
That means you’ve gotta be okay with somebody not being okay with you, because it’s gonna happen no matter what you.
More importantly, what YOU think of you matters so much more than what “everyone else” thinks.
You’re the one who lives in your body, hears the thoughts in your head, and feels your feelings.
And you deserve to love and trust yourself, rather than live your life as a beaten down slave to the opinions of others.
So if you’re not already, start making the choices you know are right for you, and leave it to others to sort out their opinions.
It doesn’t mean you have to be rude or cruel if people don’t get it. It just means you make those choices, you own them, and you refuse to let those outside opinions sway you when you know you’ve made the best choice for yourself.