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The Bad First Impression – Living with Debilitating Pain – Fear of Doing What’s Right For You

Making a bad first impression is not necessarily your fault. You could be well dressed, have a great hair day, good breath, and even the best personality, but that mole behind your ear makes them think of their mean uncle and suddenly their first impression of you is that you aren’t trustworthy and maybe even harmful.

That’s quite a jump in logic but it does happen. In the first segment of this episode, I talk about a first impression a listener got with this show and how he criticized over 170 episodes by listening to one 15 minute segment.

What do you do when that one person criticizes you or your work? How do you block or avoid the emotional pain behind such a thing?

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Filed Under: Ask Paul, Behavior, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Physical Health, Podcast Episode, Shame, Thinking, Toxic People Tagged With: Dealing with criticism, embarrassment, Fear of Doing Whats Right For You, Living with Debilitating Pain, The Bad First Impression

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