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matter anymore? Who wants to know what they think? Success is
not achieved without gaining a few haters. Having haters is a honor
because people who scale new heights attract more haters. There

will always be people who just won’t be able to tolerate you going
ahead of them in life. Memorize this: “People who hate you because
of a mere jealousy over your success hurt themselves in disguise.
This is because you carry an image of who they wish they had
become.”– Israelmore Ayivor

Success has a different status, a different light, a different kind of
aura. If you want your critics to lose their importance, be successful.

Your success will make their criticism worthless.

Should we never give our ears to our critics? No, that’s not how it
should be. Criticism is of two types. One that actually exposes our
faults or shortcomings and tells us how to improve. This is

constructive criticism which will help us to become a better version of
ourselves. Positive criticism comes with the intention of correction. If
such criticism comes our way, then we must keep the door open.
Constructive criticism provides us with an opportunity to polish our
personality. The other kind of criticism is the one that you must be
cautious about. It aims to demean you, shatter your confidence and
put you down. Negative criticism will make you feel miserable and

terrible. You must know how to differentiate between these two kinds
of criticism. Learn to identify those who indulge in the second type of
criticism and try to keep a safe distance from them.

“If you walked away from a
toxic, negative, abusive,

one-sided, dead-end
low vibrational
relationship or friendship
— you won.” ― Lalah Delia

Often, you will not have enough time in your hands. You will have to
make a choice between giving that time to your friends, or simply

using it to study. It is very possible that you become so highly