Throughout your life you are going to encounter a whole lot of false narratives about you. At work, in relationships, lost friendships and in family. It is your job to recognize that 99% of these storylines do not require your time, energy or response.
People are entitled to their version of the story. Just as you are entitled to your version of every story.
Part of growing up and being emotionally and professionally mature is being able to say is this a narrative that will affect me in the future or is it something I need to let go of?
How do you know the difference?
At Work
Does this narrative affect your career? If the answer is yes and it’s serious enough, take the proper steps to address the issue. If the answer is no, move on.
Remember how you choose to react to a situation is often more important than the actual situation.
Always err on the side of being overly professional. Your reputation in business is everything. And it’s so quick to be soured.
Let your actions show up for you. Be so good at what you do, such a strong teammate and so on your shit that false narratives are never believed.
In Life
Is this narrative going to matter in 5 minutes, 5 days, 5 years? I can promise you 99.9% of the time it won’t. Get over yourself and move on.
If someone in your life is spreading a harmful false narrative about you, cut that person off. Period. That’s not someone you need disrupting your peace.
Remember who you are. Be so confident in who you are and the morals, values and general goodness you bring to the world that these narratives do not allow you to waver in who you are.
False narratives are going to happen. Over and over and over. It’s the nature of insecurity, lack of maturity and just plain bad behavior. So what? They don’t define you, only your actions in response to them define you. And it’s my personal belief that it says more about the person spreading the narrative than it does about you.