Most people don’t realize how easily they can create the social fearlessness they want to have. Instead, they live as though they were still teenagers, reacting to the imagined judgments of other people. They end up designing their lives based on what other people might be thinking about them. A life designed by a teenager! Would you want one? You can leave that mind-set behind. You can motivate yourself by yourself, without depending on the opinions of others. All it takes is a simple question. As Emerson asked, “Why should the way I feel depend on the thoughts in someone else’s head?”
