Surround yourself with quality people and respectfully ignore and not give attention to negative people, as much as possible. Negativity is like a virus; if you are not required to be around it, then you should stay away from it. If certain people criticize you on an ongoing basis, perhaps it is because they don’t want to acknowledge and praise your progress and success, or maybe they are pointing out problems that they perceive through their own values. They could be sincerely trying to help you. They could also be trying to justify their own lack of progress in their lives. There will always be doubters and critics, but remember, those are sometimes individuals who have not done anything noteworthy, and they are just trying to distract attention away from themselves. Don’t fall for this form of manipulation. Remember, it is far more noble, graceful, and classy to bring everyone up than to bring everyone down. You always remember and appreciate the people who compliment you and give you positive energy and encouragement.
We have an obligation to ourselves to make our lives better. We want to improve our environment and remove or ignore negative forces that lower our quality of life. An environment that is not conducive to your success is not desirable. We know we can make adjustments and control much of it, but that is contingent on our own individual situations or circumstances. When we do an analysis, we can see the need to clean up a lot of what is unproductive. And by negative people, I am also referring to any type of social media, music, video, tv, anything online, etc., that may distract or influence you in ways that are not productive. The negative people you may come in contact with may not even know that they are being a negative influence. Just be aware of your inputs and do what is necessary to improve your environment. Surrounding yourself with quality people is the best, easiest, most productive, and most enjoyable solution.