A small spotlight illuminates a yellow drawing pin beside a row of paper figures against dark blue.

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Olin Miller

You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The claim is that our worry about others' opinions is mostly wasted, because people think about us far less than we imagine. It's a comforting, slightly humbling observation: the audience we fear is mostly busy with its own concerns.

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