Worry not for the opinion of Coworkers, Friends, or Strangers

Epictetus said: "If someone reports back to you that so-and-so is saying bad things about you, do not reply to them but answer, "Obviously, he didn't know my other bad characterisitics, since otherwise he wouldn't just have mentioned these." (Nicholas P. White, THE HANDBOOK OF EPICTETUS, Hakett Publishing Company, USA, 1983)

Let the negative thoughts and energy slide past you, be the Teflon human. Once bad energy sticks to you, it becomes yours. Once you own it you can’t sell it, you are stuck.

The seers of the bad want to stack monkeys on your back, you must not allow that, do not let the weak and inferior captain your ship.

If at work people don’t like you for your work or personality, seek them out at the lunch table and the water cooler. Engage them socially wherever you can, their bad take on the universe is not a guideline to define the self, but a shield of power.

In the end the facts speak, if you are in tune with that which matters, your hassle factor will decline.

Who should take action in my life?

Well as Mr. Sage would say it is a short list.

You should take action. If you have problems fix them. Do not expect help or a hand up. If you get it that is great. But don't plan on it.

I think even the biggest mountain get worn down from rain and wind. Bust it up a piece at a time. Shovel won't dig, get a pick, whatever it takes.

Jedi mind tricks are good in the movies and on TV. But in my life, luck has been preceded by my hard work, sweat, and planning for the next move.

It is best, when all the options you offer to you people in your life are all things you want to have happen. That is a "Win Win".

Don't be a Dam, blocking the flow of energy and good-time; but be the channel that directs the water were it will do the most good.