Do you give sh*t about what others think of you?

[raccoon]

48. Professionally, yes. Personally--if the person is close to me I do care.

If they're not, most of the time I don't care.

But sometimes I do--and I wish I didn't. I'm talking about cases where people are casual acquaintances, and
I'll think sometimes, What will people think if I do such-and-such? They'll think I'm some kind of weirdo.

I wish I didn't because these people aren't really friends. But I do. I'm trying to get out of that.

Dale Carnegie said, "people are not thinking about me. People are not thinking about you. They are thinking about themselves.
They are a thousand times more concerned about a headache they have than they would be about the news of your or my death."

IMO, he was right.