I agree with you. We shouldn't spend our lives pleasing others. Because in the end the life is ours. The gazillion people we try to impress won't pay our bills.
In today's world there is a term called people pleaser. these people just accept the fact that they are undervalued and yet they continue to value people. This culture should be discontinued. as it will only weigh you down.
We should learn skills according to the things we like and know we can do good with. and not based on preferences from other people. stepping out of someone's shadow is hard enough. but that is a price we have to pay in order to succeed. because in the end, nobody will carry another man's bucket.