Action adds value. Judgement projects your insecurities.
“The second you put yourself out there you subject yourself to criticism.
The majority of the judgement will come from those living on the sidelines.
I don’t know a lot, but I do know projecting yourself authentically in an effort to serve others is worth the coward’s chirp.”
-Ray Zingler on Twitter
“A life is not important except for the impact it has on others.”
I love that quote from Jackie Robinson, and so did my late friend, Phillip Lutzenkirchen, a service driven Christian who lost his life in 2014 at 23 years old in a tragic car accident.
The quote, while very simple, is very profound.
The theme is selflessness.
It’s simply stating that your life only has value if what you have (resources, gifts, talents, etc.) are utilized to benefit the lives of others.
In a modern world that is teaching us to scream for personal attention and conditioning us to complain when things don’t go our way, the concept of selflessness can be a bit unnerving for most living with a scarcity mindset.
To live a life this quote is encouraging, you have to manually adjust the default setting of selfishness to selflessness.
So what does this have to do with “judgement”, “putting yourself out there” and “subjecting yourself to criticism?”
While I certainly let the quote in the intro guide my life, I have also found out that despite having good intentions and desiring to serve others with every fiber of my being, not only in my physical gym, but also in my content creation, there are people out there who are going to caste judgement.
They are going to misinterpret my messages, they are going to misunderstand my value, or, I might just not be their ‘cup of tea’.
When I first got into this gig years ago, this used to bother me. “How can they not understand what I am doing is good!? I am trying to help! This is valuable! Our society needs this!”
But then I learned a valuable lesson.
Some (most) people have fixed mindsets.
They aren’t going to support me (or you) for no other reason than they feel your “purpose” or “objective” is a threat to their own personal success or well-being. In reality, its ego and jealousy.
Its offensive for them to see you living the code and “doing it” when they are living (existing) their lives on the sidelines. Judgement is way easier.
Funny enough, I never (and you probably don’t either) get negative criticism from growth-oriented people who are also living their lives in the “field of play.”
Despite the naysayers, I implore you to project yourself authentically.
You’ll always hear a few chirps, but there are a select few who crave real.
Your impact on THEM, is what makes your life valuable.
Keep serving them.
