the source of criticism
Justin Castelli, RLP?, CFP?
aligning your finances with your authentic life, founder RLS Wealth, co-founder of The AGC? and founder of PRST?
"You’ll never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you. You’ll always be criticized by someone doing less.” - misattributed quote to Denzel Washington
The true source of this quote is unknown, at least in my quick research, but it doesn’t make it less meaningful.
Chances are, if you are pursuing your authentic life, you are embarking on something new, taking a risk and betting on your Self, and displaying a level of confidence that most people cannot fathom.
As the quote suggests, those who cannot do what you are doing will always have negative comments trying to keep you from elevating to the higher version of your Self you that you are pursuing.
It’s jealousy.
It’s fear.
It’s self-doubt.
All of these lead the criticism you may receive, wich you should just ignore.
And all those people doing more than you don’t have time to criticize because they are too busy pursuing their authentic life, and they understand that the negative energy of criticism will only slow down their own progress.
Remember that for when you feel the urge to criticize someone else–but if you’re reading this, I doubt you will.
See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,
JC