You must be comfortable with yourself enough that you don’t need approval from the herd. You’ll notice many commonalities among the people who are toxic and dangerous for you. Alcoholics always want you to drink with them. Druggies want you to drug with them. Professional victims want you to wallow in misery with them.
There may be no better metric to measure your potential for success than how you view the challenges, obstacles, and setbacks that life throws at you. And taking it the final step, how you respond to failures.
