Reasons Why People Will Hate You For Being Successful (But Why You Should Make It Happen Anyway)
There’s a little known fact that the more successful you become – happier, healthier, fitter, more content – the more the average person begins to hate you. Think about. Let’s take a dramatic example. A guy rolls up in a smokin’ hot red ferrari to the restaurant you’re having dinner at. Like MJ Demarco talks about in his book The Millionaire Fastlane, once he finally got an ultra-sports car, people assumed all kinds of things about him: “He must have a tiny dick.” “He must be a real asshole.” “He must be compensating for the fact that the rest of his life is total shit.” Think about it. When was the last time we saw someone in a sports car, and didn’t assume anything about them, and just observed? When you say “Wow, cool car huh?” to the average person, all the judgments crop up. “He must have rich parents. He must have inherited it. He must be a douche.” Blah blah blah. The mind goes wild. The raw truth is that the average person will HATE YOU for being special. For being amazing....