Surviving the Ghosting Culture: A Personal Journey | Trent Shelton

About this video

Shelton discusses the practice of ghosting, sharing his nuanced perspective that while he doesn’t think it’s right, he understands why people do it in certain situations. He recounts being ghosted by a business promoter in South Africa who never paid him, as well as times he has ghosted others—a toxic person and a terrible job—to protect his peace. Shelton emphasizes that communication is important, but acknowledges that sometimes avoiding conversation feels necessary when dealing with toxic situations.

Key takeaways

• Shelton believes ghosting has become socially acceptable in modern culture, though he doesn’t think it’s the right approach in most cases
• Shelton shares that he was ghosted by a South African promoter who failed to pay him for an event and stopped responding to all communication
• Shelton admits to ghosting toxic people and a bad job to protect his peace, though he generally tries to have conversations with people he cares about

Episode details: published November 11, 2023 · 3.5K views · 3:18 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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