This is who I am. And you can have your opinion on me

This is who I am. And you can have your opinion on me, but your approval isn’t needed. Be who you are. Nobody can say you’re doing it wrong. One of the hardest things to do is be yourself in a world that’s trying to make you like everybody else. You have to love you before anybody else can.

The truth is that we don’t need everyone to like us

The truth is that we don’t need everyone to like us; we need a few people to love us. Because what’s better than being roundly liked is being fully known – an impossibility both professionally and personally if you’re so busy being likable that you forget to be yourself.

You were born to be real not to be perfect

You were born to be real, not to be perfect. You’re here to be you, not to be what someone else wants you to be. Stand up for yourself, look them in the eye, and say “Don’t judge me until you know me, don’t underestimate me until you’ve challenged me, and don’t talk about me until you’ve talked to me.”