Learn to be unaffected by the words of others

Most people get very upset when they are called negative names by others, but there is a simple trick to overcoming this. Here it is. If I went up to you and called you a fire hydrant, would you be upset? Of course not. Obviously you are not a fire hydrant, you are a human being. The same concept applies to when someone calls you something that you know you are not. They are foolish for saying such things, so why would you react with such anger? The only exception is when someone calls you something that is true, In this case, you should thank them for alerting you to a weakness, one that you can now work on changing.