The Approval of Those They Mock

Every single leader gets mocked behind their back. Your school teachers, the professor at the university, your parents, and even your manager at the corporate office. Everybody gets mocked and gossiped about by people. And yet, their approval is often the very thing those people crave the most. Not all mocking is the same, and you should never take it seriously enough to change your personality. A lot of mocking is a coping mechanism. They cannot read a book, so they mock the person who does. They call someone boring because that person has interests in areas they cannot even dare to conquer. A calm person looks strange because their composure unsettles them. One should look deeper and investigate the opinion being expressed. What are they truly making fun of in the person in question? What part of their personality or behaviour are they using as the subject of ridicule? This is a crucial piece of evidence because it tells you what actually disturbs them. Is it genuinely bad…