<p>@DavidSonDaughter
Wow that didn’t come out the way I meant it to. It was more that you know, some people will like you and dislike you unless you make an effort otherwise, and I just acted like who I was and some people liked me for who I am (ie like my friends) and some didn’t. I didn’t question why I should act in a different way to please others; I guess I just bought into what’s drilled at school which is be who you are. Turns out that doesn’t work if you want to gain real success in life in the real world every job assessment/promotion etc is based largely on subjective factor which can be influenced by whether the person likes you or not, and if your natural personality doesn’t make everyone like you. I pretty much never tried to be disrespectful to others or make them dislike me; I just never made an effort to be liked by others because I honestly could care less what other people say/think unless it’s constructive legitimate advice or it affects me (which I didn’t realize that everyone’s opinion can impact me). Whatever, I was a naive 14-16 year old; lesson learned, keep your individuality to yourself if it’s not liked by everyone.
In essence if someone disliked me I didn’t particularly care and I never tailored my actions or words based on whether I thought people would like them or not (again I wasn’t offensive or disrespectful to people).
P.S I was happy enough with my friends and such who liked me for who I am in high school; just not successful enough.</p>