Are you trying to please everybody?

I've known some close friends who often tries to please everybody. At the end they are the ones who seem to lose the most.

Trying to please everybody is a recipe for disaster.

You can try really hard to please everybody, but at the end you'll just feel miserable, trapped and squeezed in the middle. Nobody can ever please everybody! No matter how good you are, there will be those who disagree, disapprove, criticize, reject or simply don't like you.

The other day, a friend of mine said: "If everybody likes you or everybody hates you, there must be something wrong with you and you may need to worry about that. If most people like you, then it is good enough."

Lessons:
1. Trying to please everybody is futile.
2. Accept the fact that there will be people who disagree, criticize and reject you
3. The most important thing is whether you can live with yourself knowing that you've lived according to timeless values and principles