Good evening. I write this article after a slight argument with someone in a position of power. This was mind boggling to me as I have always thought having critics is a great way to help show your character weather the criticism is good or bad.
As the youth, we try a lot of different things in the quest to find your true calling. We open businesses, we find jobs, we go to university etc, all in the name of ambition. It is a given that at anytime, someone from right in your hood can start something that will blow up much faster than anyone expected, we are all gifted in different ways.
In this journey of self- awareness, we meet people who somehow find fault in the things we cherish most. People who can simply ruin what you thought was a good thing with just a sny comment or a silly gesture. These people are called critics and in some cases "HATERS". Haters are considered to be the people who suck the fun out of everything because they just speak what’s on their mind all the time. You may not always like what another person says about you or what you do, but you can control how you react to it.
Anger and frustration are the most common feelings ignorant people feel when they are criticized, a person who has achieved a personal goal at the expense of someone else cannot call another a hater. You can't just go off on a person and brand them a hater without even looking at where the other person is coming from. Yes you love what you do, yes you have struggled and yes no one knows what you have been through to get where you are but most people couldn't give a shit about that, they don't care how long you hustled to get where you are. They just care if they are getting back what they invested; they just want what's theirs.
If you are going to start something that involves getting the support of many people, you have to cater for everyone, you have to know that someone will a;ways see a fault in whatever the fuck you're doing and if you can't handle that then you should probably change careers.
My fellow people, criticism will always be there it is just up to you how you choose to deal with it. Don't let emotion cloud your judgment, be the bigger person, use the shit to step up your game. Be better next time, give it 100% more. Don't just do shit and expect everyone to like it, the world does not work like that.
Accept the thing you cannot change, get the courage to change the things you can and have the wisdom to know the difference. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, not yours.
TheNASHmag Ed.
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