Codie SanchezFounder - Investor at Contrarian Thinking

Stop Letting People Decide For You...

24 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this short motivational monologue, Codie Sanchez urges listeners to stop giving equal weight to everyone’s opinions when making life decisions. She proposes a quick filter for external criticism: ask whether the critic has actually done what you’re trying to do, whether they are affected by the decision, and whether they genuinely want you to succeed. If the answer is no, their opinion should not influence you. Sanchez emphasizes that the ultimate voting power belongs to yourself—your own reflection in the mirror—and that the goal isn’t to stop caring about others, but to stop letting others’ thoughts dictate your actions. The piece ends with a direct call to action: stop over‑thinking and just do the thing.

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You gotta stop giving everyone equal voting rights over your life. Before you internalize somebody's criticism, ask, have they actually done what I'm trying to do? Are they affected by the decision? Do they actually want me to win? And do I care what they think? Fuck you. I can't go bigger. I depend on you and your ideas. Are you crazy? I don't need you. You know how little I need you? I don't think about you at all. You don't need everyone to believe in you. You don't need most people to understand you. You need to know whose opinion gets the biggest vote, and that's you in the mirror. Because the goal isn't actually to stop caring what people think. The goal is to stop letting what people think decide what you do. That is the point. Now you go do the thing.