Dan Martell

Like, can I just assume what kind of life a person that would take the time out of their day to leave a comment on my social media is living?

And if I wouldn't trade places, why would I accept that criticism?

Now that's an easy one to dismiss the people in the comments.

The harder one is somebody that you consider a massive mentor in your life.

Years ago, I hired somebody I look up to.

He is incredibly wealthy.

He taught me a lot.

And as I got to know him, got closer to him, I started to see the cracks in the character.

And as a young person that's easily influenced by people that are way further along, I kind of made exceptions.

I accepted things that I wouldn't have accepted from a friend, things that were said, comments that were made, requests of me that I just absolutely didn't agree with.

Just, it was just these little tiny things that I just kept overlooking them.

And then eventually I said to myself,

I don't want that person's life.

I wanted to learn the skill that they taught me.

I wanted to be mentored around the thing that I saw them do world-class levels at.

But when I got close enough to actually see the life they lived and the challenges they had with their health and the challenges they had with their friendships and the challenges they had with their family, I was like, no.

And eventually I just created some space.

Stopped replying to the text messages, stopped checking in, stopped showing up.

And I created space because I had to be honest with myself.

Why would I take feedback?