“The skin of a rhino and the soul of an angel” is Albert Schweitzer’s advice for being a great leader. I think it can apply to being a great woman, doctor, writer, mother, lover, or construction worker.
If you have the skin of a rhino, you don’t take things personally and you don’t let criticisms knock you down. If you have the soul of an angel, you’ve got spirit, you see the best in yourself and others, and you walk on the bright side of the street.
Inspirational quotation: “Don’t take things personally; someone’s always going to be mad at you and that’s okay,” says Robert K. Cooper in The Other 90%: How to Unlock Your Vast Untapped Potential for Leadership and Life. “What other people convey – in what they think, feel, say, and do – is rarely about you; instead, it’s almost always about them.”
Life Tip: Practice shrugging off your mistakes and letting people be people mad at you. When you stand up for yourself, you’re bound to piss them off. When you set and maintain your boundaries, people may be inconvenienced and angry. That’s okay. Eventually they’ll come around. Or they won’t — and someone else will come around instead.