All my life I have been known as the cold asshole because I am very critical and non-accommodating. So I just want to say something from a person that has alway

All my life I have been known as the cold asshole because I am very critical and non-accommodating. So I just want to say something from a person that has always and still does believe that most people are weak. People don't do __, and are not good at ___ because they are weak etc. What that implies is that you can condition yourself to be stronger. Anyway, now that you know who I am, I just want to say, I wouldn't word it so much as And if you really want it, when someone beats you down, you're not going to stay down. You're gonna learn how to hit back. There is no need to hit back. Hitting back is a waste of effort on your part because it validates the hitter's position ; it gives him power. I know this sounds all philosophical but this is important to me because I have always been that guy (unknowingly) putting people down (to me I think I'm making them stronger). You can only control yourself and there will be a lot of assholes in life. The best thing you can do is to discipline yourself, over time, to see negative input and influence for what it is - negative. "Hitting back" (I know you mean this metaphorically) is also negative though, so that's why I say it's better to just focus on goodness. The goodness of yourself, and the fact that no matter how relatively terrible you may be, if you are better at it than yesterday, well that is a GOOD thing. Ok that's it.