Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Well, hello, my friend.

I love the topic of today's episode.

I absolutely love it because it's simple.

It's easily overlooked.

And I think that sometimes we just need to remind ourselves of this,

especially if something goes wrong or if we receive some unwanted feedback or if something hurts our feelings,

which is why this episode is called,

nobody serious stops at criticism. I've seen this so many times.

People have these big dreams or these big goals and then they get a hater, they get a critic,

someone laughs at them, something embarrassing happens, and then they're done. It just feels like this big catastrophe, a big existential crisis. And I've got to

tell you this, my friend, not only will that stuff always happen, especially if you're really

making waves, but if someone stops at the first hint of something being difficult or someone not

liking it or there being some negative feedback, to me it just shows that that person wasn't very

serious in the first place. I don't know if you can relate to this. Someone, if you, maybe someone you know

feels this, feels this way to you. Maybe it's even you on some days

if you're being, if you're being honest in certain areas of your life. But this is what I've, I've just,

I've come to know as a truth. As I observe my life, as I observe other people's lives,

nobody serious stops at criticism. Think about it. When something happens

that we don't love, do we just stop there? So for example, if I want to embark on a singing

career and no one buys my record or likes it or applauds me,

is that all I'm doing it for, for the applause, for the praise, for the love to be revered?

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