Your Critics

So many people get bad programming from an early age and they don’t have a fair chance at building a great life for themselves. They get programmed by bad teachers, parents, media and other authority figures in their life. The great thing about bad programming is that you can change it. You can start now were you are. If you’re nineteen or ninety you can start to reprogram your mind by feeding it the messages you need.

I had a discussion not long ago about science with a student of science at a university here in North Carolina. I told him that from my experiences every scientist I know and have spoken to are so arrogant and believe because of their intellect that they are the superior thinker and what they say is absolute and if someone has a different opinion from theirs, that person must be an idiot.

Well of course he took offence, I have no idea why. He suggested that I may have misunderstood them. Then evolution got into the discussion. He said; “If you know the facts and have another opinion, you are an idiot with bad judgment.” Oh, I’m sorry, my bad, I misunderstood the other scientist that said; if you don’t share their opinion you’re an idiot. You cleared that one up for me. I say that jokingly.

I don’t like the idea of others trying to impose their opinions on people by telling them they are idiots. I have never been a conformist and don’t think I ever will be. I form my on opinions by my own experience, judgments and research no matter what the subject is. What others think of you does not and should not define who you really are. Don’t take those things personal. Just move forward with confidence and grace.

I believe almost anything is possible. Not so many years ago if you were to say that America would have a Black Man as their President you would have been laughed at. The 2008 Presidential Elections put an end to that notion.

So many people down through the years have been told that they were idiots and that their ideas were only far fetched dreams of impossibilities. Einstein was thought to be slow and some said stupid when he was a young boy. The Wright Brothers were thought to be fools by many. Many successful men and women through history have had their share of critics. But, it’s not the critic’s opinion that make the dream come true, it’s the ability to keep moving forward despite the odds. You will always have people in your life that will never see it for you. That’s fine, just keep working on yourself and your dreams and do your part to contribute to this world.



The most important things you need for never ending improvement.

1. Discipline yourself to work toward your improvement.
2. Focus. It’s easy to get side tracked. Know where your going.
3. Help others when you can.
4. Always take action. A life without action is a life without purpose.
5. Learn all you can about how your mind and body function.
6. Learn from past failures.
7. Get new information regularly and apply it.