Mike Andes responds to online insults and criticism, arguing he does not care what others think because critics often do not want him to succeed and engage in comparison. He frames success as relative, notes that criticism can sting when it contains a grain of truth, and uses a mocking-example (jokes about being short and a fictitious business name) to illustrate indifference and reframing.
I don't care about what other people think because most of the time the only thing they're reflecting towards me is the fact that they don't want me to win and me winning, me shining, me doing well simply makes them look bad because they're in this comparison game. You could also say that how I'm doing compared to someone leagues ahead of me I could also feel inferior. It's all just relative when it comes to success. Usually it hurts most when there's a kernel of truth to it. If someone told me like and started mocking me online saying I was short they said we should have named the business Obnoxious Midget Lawn Care. Think of the marketing opportunity. There's no job too small.
By the way. Doesn't affect me at all. The short thing doesn't matter. You're not the only landscaper. You're not the only roofing company and if they hated your guts that much they could use someone else.
