This is a amazing lesson about label people put on us. This post is written by Daniel Strohli from the Tony’s Build Your Brand Bootcamp group. It is so good that I couldn’t help but to repost it here.
During a prank, a student stuck a paper on his classmate’s back that said “I’m stupid”, and asked the rest of the class not to tell the boy.
THUS THE STUDENTS BEGAN LAUGHING.
Came afternoon math class started, their teacher wrote a difficult question on the board.
No one was able to answer it except the boy with the sticker on his back.
Surrounded by the unexplained giggles, he walked toward the board and solved the problem.
The teacher asked the class to clap for him and remove the paper on his back.
She told him: “It seems that you did not know about the paper your classmate has pasted on your back.”
Then the teacher looked at the rest of the class and said:
“Before I give you a punishment, let me tell you two things:
LESSON 1: LABELS
First, throughout Life, people will put labels on you with many nasty words to stop your progress.
Had your classmate known about the paper, he would not have gotten up to answer the question.
๐๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป, ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ.
LESSON 2: LOYAL FRIENDS
Second, it is clear that he does not have a single loyal friend among you all to tell him about the sticker.
It’s not the number of friends you have that counts – it’s the loyal friends you share your heart with & you can count on, especially during hard times that matters.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป’๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ.
Always have each other’s backs.
Remember, what you say about yourself makes all the difference!
Don’t look backward you’re not going in that direction!
In summary, I would say the key takeaway I have is don’t be restricted by the labels others give to you!
To Your Success,
Keith Choy
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