I need to start giving less of a shit what people think of me. If I have to put on a facade just to earn people's respect, then their "respect" clearly isn't worth all that much anyway. But it's so much easier said then done.
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The only people who can hurt you are people you care about and whose opinion you respect. This for most people is a very small circle of people, family and friends.