Add them to the list

Keeping a list of haters and using it as fuel
Aug 29, 2022
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Add them to the list:

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Add them to the list.

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The list of non-believers.

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Keep a list, either in your head or written down, of people who didn’t believe in you.

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Those who told you your dreams are bullshit.

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Those who put you down.


Those who told you you’ll never amount to anything.

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Remember when anyone says that about you.

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The best in the world know how valuable haters can be.

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Jordan kept a list. 

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Kobe did.

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Brady does.

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Lebron does.

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Shit every big-time athlete that’s made it has a list.

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I remember hearing a lot about that during NBA draft nights.

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When great players would fall in the draft, they would remember the name and team of every player than went before them.

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They used that as fuel.

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Fuel to show up and work.

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To bust their ass working on their craft when no one was around them.

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A lot of people don’t believe me.

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I’ve had multiple people in my life over the last little while tell me they don’t believe what I’m building.

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They don’t believe I can build a media business.

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To be fair, they’re not wrong so far.

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I haven’t done anything.

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But I’ve never forgotten.

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I’ll never forget the people who didn’t believe in me.

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First it was my dad telling me I’d never get into an international school after dropping out of IB.

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Then it was an Asian kid in grade 12 who called me fat and dumb.

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Then it was my dad again who told me I shouldn’t leave medicine.


Then it was a friend who told me becoming a creator is a mistake.

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Then it was a big-time social media manager telling me my ideas were crap.

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They’re all on the list.

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Create your own.

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Who doesn’t believe in you?

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Remember them.

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Whenever you’re feeling down, remember the list.

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'Keep Going You're Doing Great'

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