Do you get tired of people trying to undermine your confidence with their “You Don’t Know Everything,” comments?

Here’s why you shouldn’t let those comments get to you:

1) Whether or not you know everything there is to know about a topic doesn’t matter.

2) Such comments come from the commenter’s own fear, not any actual lack on your part.

3) What really matters is whether or not you know enough.

Let me explain…

People who make these kind of comments are afraid you really might know something they don’t … and they’re not getting it themselves.

They are afraid you actually do know more and therefore might be able to pull off being better than them, so they bite at your confidence with their evil, poisoned, fear-filled darts of jealousy.

It is their own self-confidence floundering in the face of your certainty that sets them off. Their fear of losing out to what you do know is the cause behind their attempts to make you feel stupid.

It’s the “pot calling the kettle black” syndrome.

So what if you don’t know everything about a specific area of something? Neither do they.

Here’s what matters though:

Whether or not you do know enough about what you’re talking about to do well  (or well enough for yourself) at whatever the topic of discussion may be.

Next time someone attempts to undermine your confidence in your abilities, remember this: they are already afraid.

You don’t have to be.