Freedom from Public Opinion

Being enslaved to public opinion limits you – just as a rope that holds your ankle against a pillar. Leaders who play to the gallery ultimately have their footprints washed away from the sands of time. Real power is in freedom.

Human Opinion is Plastic 3

My blog posts this week have been focused on the subject of human opinion and I’ve consistently stated that human opinion is plastic.  What people think of you does not matter as much as what you think of yourself. You can click on the following links for a quick look at what we’ve covered so [...]

Human Opinion is Plastic 2

Continued from here… My model in not paying much attention to human opinion is Jesus Christ. In modern terms, you’d say He didn’t give a damn about what others thought of Him. I think that’s cool. "Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing [...]

Human Opinion is Plastic

During my early twenties, I reached the conclusion that human opinion is plastic, in other words, it’s not something to build on. Ultimately, what others think about you doesn’t really count as much as what you think about yourself.  It doesn’t matter who they are – spouses, children, parents, siblings, friends, well wishers, colleagues, critics, [...]