Comments on: Avoiding Failure: 7 Tips NOT to Try to Please Everybody

By: Jonny

Jonny — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:22:42 +0000

I’m struggling a lot with this. It has gone as far as to destroying my energy to find work, because I always burn out after 1-3 years. I give off a very ambiguous personality, which at the age of 29 I am just starting to realize, making it hard and extremely tiresome to relate to people, overanalyzing every social encounter… I wish I could stop, I’ve been like this since I was a child, and think it might be family related.

By: MoxZ

MoxZ — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:27:19 +0000

I’m going to love this blog. Your advice is straightforward, yet kind. I was just googling around and typed in “how to please everybody”, knowing that this is an impossibility, and I found this. Bookmark worthy!

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By: Personal Branding | Enjoy The Process

Personal Branding | Enjoy The Process — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:37:32 +0000

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By: Donald Latumahina

Donald Latumahina — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:46:34 +0000

White Calla,
Yes, some guys are bad, and some guys – though aren’t bad – just don’t fit us. We shouldn’t waste our time trying to please them.

By: My White Calla

My White Calla — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:45:22 +0000

You cannot please everybody. Why? Everybody is not always good. Some of them can be bad. Do you mean to say you want to please the bad guys too?

Simple theory.

Thanks for the post!

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The 10 Immutable Laws of Personal Branding | Life Optimizer — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:53:30 +0000

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By: Donald Latumahina

Donald Latumahina — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:28:55 +0000

Leisureguy,
Thanks for sharing your story. It’s a good example of how bad it is to try to please everybody. Being ourselves is a much better way to live. As you said, it takes much less energy and it’s more satisfying.

Albert,
You are right, we bloggers face this danger when our blogs grow. It will be stressful if we try to meet everyone’s expectation. Thankfully we do not need to do that :) Thanks for dropping by!