Maybe you are always trying to avoid being disliked.

This is usually a fool’s errand.

But the other side of this is being envied, which is not great either.

For example, I’d rather have $20 million (and nobody know who I am), than have $2 billion (and everyone know my face and name).

It’s good to be on people’s radar, but not too much…

This is a similar tradeoff to the obligation that comes with being either a worker or a boss.

In the end, I am not sure we always have control over this though.

You want to avoid being disliked without being envied or admired.

-Nassim Taleb, The Bed Of Procrustes