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"Never let others' opinions and thoughts dominate your life to the extent that they divert you from your true path. Every person has their own mindset and perspectives, which may not always align with your goals or life milestones. If you allow others' negative comments to control your thinking, it can weaken your confidence and self-belief. Stay steadfast on your path, and don't give others' thoughts or negative opinions space in your life to become obstacles or distract you from your purpose. Remember, your life's purpose is yours alone, and the determination to achieve it must come from within."

Viktor Frankl, one of the great psychiatrists of the twentieth century, survived the death camps of Nazi Germany. His little book, Man’s Search for Meaning, is one of those life-changing books that everyone should read.

Frankl once told the story of a woman who called him in the middle of the night to calmly inform him she was about to commit suicide. Frankl kept her on the phone and talked her through her depression, giving her reason after reason to carry on living. Finally she promised she would not take her life, and she kept her word.

When they later met, Frankl asked which reason had persuaded her to live?

"None of them", she told him.

What then influenced her to go on living, he pressed?

Her answer was simple, it was Frankl’s willingness to listen to her in the middle of the night. A world in which there was someone ready to listen to another's pain seemed to her a world in which it was worthwhile to live.

Often, it is not the brilliant argument that makes the difference. Sometimes the small act of listening is the greatest gift we can give.