#masculinity #selfimprovement #sigmamale Bombardments of negativity from other people can diminish your mentality. Whether it comes to motivation, ambition and even overall attitude. Being the Underdog, the one that people are affirmatively expecting to fail, lose & underperform, is extremely discouraging. Imagine your friends, family & colleagues thinking and explicitly stating that, there is no possible way you can achieve or even come close to anything you're trying your very best and allocating every ounce of your effort to commit. Humans love or even require affirmations & validations from other people, its no secret. They both are important components that help build healthy community, because they help solidify one's value & significance within that tribe of people. And to have all of those taken away or worse being turned into insults & condemnations, it is like being stripped away of your role/position in the community. Its like you don't belong there anymore due to your apparent valueless or unappreciable contributions.