You gotta understand something if you ever wanna be something:

No one cares about you. No one gives a shit about you.

It’s not personal. It’s just human nature.

This applies to everything you need or want. It applies to all the people in your life, including your parents and your family.

No one cares what you want

Your boss doesn’t give a shit if you come to work. He cares if you make his job more difficult because of your absence, but he doesn’t REALLY care what happens to you.

It’s not malicious. He’s just got his own shit to worry about. So he doesn’t give a shit about you.

That girl you want to date doesn’t care that you can’t get her off your mind. The flu isn’t out to get you. It just took an opportunity to do what it’s supposed to do. It doesn’t give a shit about you.

People care about themselves and how a situation will increase what’s valuable to them. If you understand that sentence, you’ll never have a problem again.

It’s so important that I’ll write it again, phrased differently, and in bold letters. No one gives a shit about you unless there’s something in it for them.

That’s ok, because you don’t really care what they think either.