Don't listen to people who...

There are many people who just love to give advice, comment, contribute, to alter your story and colour it with theirs.

The naysayers, the sabateours, the buzz in your ear, the grit in your oil. 

We are a product of a million different experiences. From watching our parents, our siblings and remembering the day we fell out of the tree. Our work places, our schools, our classmates, our teachers and a million different things have shaped us and folded us. Why should anyone possibly have the same values as me, or each other? We don't, of course we don't, but we all are driven by the lizard brain within to impose those values on everyone we meet, as it helps us make sense of the chaotic world. In fact it doesn't help at all. It simply creates misunderstanding, confusion and conflict, intolerance and ignorance., disengagement and debilitation. 

So, maybe take some advice from a reformed naysayer?

Don't listen to people who
........................................... have no idea what the hell they’re talking about
 ...........................................try to destroy your dreams.
........................................... tell you what’s right or wrong.
........................................... tell you what to believe.
........................................... have nothing else to whine about
............................................think they know what you need.
........................................... say you’re making them look bad.
........................................... nastily try to induce insecurity in others.
........................................... tell you that you can’t make it in this business.
............................................who’s imagination can’t encompass what it is that you want to do.
........................................... claim ‘their way’ is ‘thee way.’
........................................... haven’t done anything themselves
............................................don’t listen to you.
........................................... don’t listen to themselves
............................................say (insert group of people) are ALL like that.
...........................................tell you to change what you’re doing.
.......................................... tell you the market is saturated.
...........................................think you’re out of your mind.
...........................................believe there are ‘only two kinds of people in the world.’
.......................................... are overwhelmed with jealousy.
.......................................... haven’t been right about shit in years.
.......................................... use their own personal values to censor other people.
...........................................went somewhere once and think they know everything about it.
......................................... .shovel smoke for a living.
......................................... .aren’t listening, they’re just waiting to talk.
.......................................... answer with the lies they tell themselves.
...........................................say they studied for a weekend and passed.

Don’t listen to people who … make absurdly long lists telling you what types of people not to listen to. Instead, make your own ?