Drama Doesn’t Exist—Until People Create

I was listening to a podcast of Nikhil Kamath in which the Zepto guy asks Nikhil for a piece of advice, and he says, "Take all the people in your life — whoever is adding drama — write their name down and just eliminate them from your life, because situations are often dramatic, but more often than not, people are dramatic, and they draw that into your life."

Which is one of the greatest lines I have ever heard. It's not that the situation is dramatic — it's the people who make it dramatic. And most of the time, they’re doing it on purpose. People love an underdog going up the ladder, but when he is too high, people tend to hate him for being too good — and that is why they add this drama to your life. They can’t see someone going up.

I read this quote somewhere: "They may be cheering now, but they are dying to boo you." And if you don’t understand it now, you will when you experience it.