Codie Sanchez explains why people try to tear you down: they have nothing going on themselves. Happy, successful people celebrate your wins and share opportunities. The ones who question your moves and keep you small feel threatened because they lack their own accomplishments.
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Can I just give you a quick reminder? Happy people will actually encourage you. Attractive people are going to compliment you. Successful people support you. And people who have nothing going on, they're going to try to bring you down. So once you actually internalize that, you should stop taking it personally because people who are winning, they're not threatened by your win. They're not trying to compete with you. They don't try to shrink you. They actually share your stuff. They make intros, they clap, they like. But when someone constantly questions your moves or pokes holes in your business or tries to humble you every time you level up, that is not because they're wise. That is someone who hasn't built anything watching you build something. I spent years in rooms that weren't built for me. Finance, private equity. And they were full of people who wanted you to stay small because then you stay employed for them. I know exactly what that energy feels like. And I know what the other kind feels like, too. The person who actually sends you the opportunity, who says your name in a room where nobody asks for it. That is the type of person you want by your side. So stop shrinking yourself to make uncomfortable people comfortable. You don't need that in life. That's not why you're here.
