I'm currently a college student and have the sense that most people don't really like me. I'm friendly I think, but can come off aggressive sometimes and am not afraid to speak my mind. I do have friends, but also feel like a decent number of people really don't like me.
My main concern isn't so much if people like / dislike me (truthfully, I couldn't care less about that), but since I'm very career-oriented I am worried that I will run into someone from college who doesn't like me in the future, and then they try to sabotage my career goals (I believe people are fundamentally selfish / bad and nothing will change my mind about that).
I'm also worried that my network isn't as strong as the majority of my classmates, so even though I'm very hard-working and ambitious I might fall behind them just because I didn't spend more time partying / didn't have the right connections. As a baseline though, I just want to make sure that I minimize the number of people who dislike me so that at minimum none of my plans get intentionally sabotaged.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who has this problem. Did anyone else ever feel this way in their late teens / early 20's, where you felt like you messed up your chance to network effectively with your peers and are worried that it will negatively affect your career in the future? Would also appreciate any advice on a "Christian" way to approach this issue.
Thanks!
My main concern isn't so much if people like / dislike me (truthfully, I couldn't care less about that), but since I'm very career-oriented I am worried that I will run into someone from college who doesn't like me in the future, and then they try to sabotage my career goals (I believe people are fundamentally selfish / bad and nothing will change my mind about that).
I'm also worried that my network isn't as strong as the majority of my classmates, so even though I'm very hard-working and ambitious I might fall behind them just because I didn't spend more time partying / didn't have the right connections. As a baseline though, I just want to make sure that I minimize the number of people who dislike me so that at minimum none of my plans get intentionally sabotaged.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who has this problem. Did anyone else ever feel this way in their late teens / early 20's, where you felt like you messed up your chance to network effectively with your peers and are worried that it will negatively affect your career in the future? Would also appreciate any advice on a "Christian" way to approach this issue.
Thanks!
