…Way too much.
So much so that one of the many reasons for me quitting my audit job was because me performing incredibly as an auditor sometimes invariably meant someone else losing their job. I did not think as much about what the “fired person” thought of me, but more about me not wanting to be a shareholder in a karma of someone’s firing.
I have spent 34 years of my life thinking a lot about what others think of me.
To a point where I am exhausted of it.
So now I just do my thing. Of course I take my care that I do not hurt anyone. And if someone says I hurt them, I apologise.
But the consistently over-functional mind that used to consider everyone and what they thought of me, is now sick and tired of being sick and tired.
So much so, that now I do not think of what others think of me. It still takes reminders. It still takes self-confidence. It still takes self-worth. But it is worth getting to the other side of knowing that what others think of you is none of your business.