How To Deal With Haters | Trent Shelton
About this video
Shelton addresses how to handle criticism, negativity, and haters when pursuing goals. He argues that the only way to avoid criticism is to say nothing, do nothing, and be nothing, but pursuing greatness requires accepting that criticism will come. Shelton explains that haters are typically unhappy people projecting their own dissatisfaction, and he advocates filtering criticism through questions about its truth and source, while focusing energy on supporters rather than detractors.
Key takeaways
- Shelton claims that anyone pursuing greatness will face criticism and hatred, as even highly successful people like Jeff Bezos and LeBron James experience it
- According to Shelton, people who hate or criticize are typically unhappy with their own lives and cannot give what they don’t have themselves
- Shelton recommends filtering criticism by asking whether it’s true and whether the critic knows your life, then focusing on doing things for supporters and yourself rather than proving haters wrong
Episode details: published September 24, 2021 · 9.7K views · 12:12 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The talks summarized here are Trent Shelton’s own words and beliefs, presented for education; summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each episode itself.
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