“Hate cannot last forever.” Haters are always going to hate until time flies by or when they get tired and worn down. Altucher has written an article called The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Dealing With Haters. Growing up I have dealt with haters, but not as bad as how many I have now. I have haters since the fourth grade all the way up to my current lifestyle. While being in the fourth grade and having to realize that not everyone is going to like you, was devastating to me as a little girl. I had my first hater in the fourth grade and did not know how to handle it, but just be sad and anger with them. Everyone has haters whether they know it or not, but it can be a friend, a family member, and even a stranger. Altucher is right that hate is contagious, the 24-hour rule helps to deal with haters, and time heals all wounds.

Along with hate being contagious, Altucher has a rule called the “24-hour.” What Altucher means by this is that if you never respond back to hate it will eventually go away within 24-hours and if you do respond the clock restarts. While in high school, my sophomore year there was this girl name Rosemary who did not like me. She was spreading rumors all around school and talking about me on Twitter. One day I was so fed up with her tweeting hurtful things about me, so I decided to respond back to her and defend myself. This feud went on for almost a month until I was done arguing with her and the hate did go away within 24-hours. The 24-hour rule can also help within a family feud. In my family, I had a cousin who hated me because she was jealous that I was able to get everything I wanted. She started being really obnoxious and I could not figure out why. I left my cousin alone and let her deal with her problem. She eventually got over the fact that my parents were able to get me something I want, but she realized that they do not do it all the time. If I had confronted her about her being mad or why she was being so obnoxious, we would have been fighting for a long time. Altucher said, “This is why some battles go on for years because no one stops responding.” I have learned from personal experience that it is never a good idea to respond back to hate but just to let the hate go.