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Start Key Idea #6: To master your passion, build your expertise and ignore the haters in the way. Now that you’ve figured out what you want to focus on, it’s time to take the next step, to mastery. So what is the best approach for becoming an expert? The trick is to start simple. Volunteer somewhere; that is, trade your time for expertise. You’ll need to do this in order to get better at whatever you’re passionate about. For example, if you want to become an awesome blogger, start by checking out and commenting on a lot of different blogs. Eventually, you can offer to write guests posts for free. This will allow you to improve your blogging skills while simultaneously connecting with the blogging community. The first step? Create a list of people who are already doing what you’d like to do. How did they get where they are? What schools did they go to? What books have they read? What can you do to follow in their footsteps? Next, prepare yourself for the inevitable feedback you’ll get as you pursue your passion. This is crucial, because no matter who you are or what you’re working on, you’ll encounter haters. Thus, you’ll need to understand the difference between sheer hatred and constructive criticism. Constructive criticism is there to help you improve; hatred, on the other hand, is just meant to hurt you. Once you’ve identified hatred, you can deal with it by asking yourself two questions: Where did the hurtful comment come from? If it’s from a stranger, especially online, let it go. You probably wouldn’t tolerate it if a random person yelled at you in real life; why would you listen to a stranger online? Why did they say it? Just thinking about the other person’s perspective might allow you to feel better. Sometimes haters simply want attention; other times, they’re lashing out because they’re struggling with something in their own life.

There are four types of haters. There are the ones who criticize you and find a fault for everything you do out of jealousy. The ones who try to make you look bad in front of others.

The ones who purposely bring you down so you won’t succeed instead of helping you and there are the haters who hate behind your back and destroy your good name with slander. Most of the time haters are the closest people to you.

Reasons people hate.

You have something that they don’t.They need to put you down to feel good about themselves.They want to be the center of attention.They are bitter about something.They lose sight of contentment.They stop counting their blessings and start counting the blessings of others.

Eph 4:31 “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.”

gal 5:25-26 “If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”

romans 1:29 “They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,”

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