Understanding this helps you go about unhindered. Here’s a good way to help you ensure someone else’s thoughts are their own and not yours.
If someone thinks well of you, that’s great. But remember—that’s his or her own opinion.
By the same token, if someone thinks poorly of you, then so what? That’s his or her own opinion as well.
Of course, this idea isn’t meant to give you license to go out and be a crazy or reckless person, disregarding what goes on about you. This idea is meant to keep other’s opinions within perspective.
Your reputation is in the hands of others. You cannot really control your reputation. However, you CAN control your own character. That means being true to yourself.
Somebody else's thoughts are their own business... not yours.