IF YOU ARE INSULTED, CHECK YOUR EXTREME

IF YOU ARE INSULTED, CHECK YOUR EXTREME. People
Attack Those Who Do Too Much Good—and Those Who Do
Too Much Bad. A man shares genuine progress about his company.
Someone replies: “This group is not for personal branding.”
A traveller is pushed aggressively by a stranger at a hotel
entrance over something as small as bags touching. A businessman
keeps learning and implementing new management systems.
Some people resist because change disturbs comfort. A
person leaves drinking and late-night partying. Some friends call
him antisocial. An author writes continuously. People ask:
“Why so many books?” Recognition comes repeatedly. People ask: “How can one person receive
so many awards?” What do all these situations have in common? Visibility creates opinion. Movement
creates friction. Extremes create attention. But here is the danger: Not every person receiving
criticism is doing something great. People doing extremely wrong things are criticised too. So the
question is not: “Why am I being insulted?” The better question is: “Which extreme am I on?” Are
you extreme in: Discipline? Learning? Hard work? Creation? Responsibility? Good karma? Then
criticism may simply be the price of becoming unusually visible. But are you extreme in: Greed?
Ego? Dishonesty? Vanity? Bad habits? Wrong karma? Then the criticism may be a warning. This
book is not about ignoring critics. It is about learning how to audit yourself without becoming controlled
by them. Take the data. Leave the poison. Fight only the battles that matter. Don’t become
the person who insults you. Let recognition increase responsibility—not ego. Let discipline
increase strength—not rigidity. Let ambition increase creation—not greed. And above all—Let
dharma decide your direction. Because praise can be wrong. Insult can be wrong. The crowd can
be wrong. And you can be wrong too. So check. Correct when required. Continue when right. And
never reduce good karma merely to make average people comfortable. IF YOU ARE INSULTED,
CHECK YOUR EXTREME.