Truth be told sir, the key to failure is trying to please everyone. That way you never know what's the right thing to do, you're always concerned with what others think about you and this doesn't help at all.
Just like in an arcade/action game concepts, if you don't meet obstacles on your way, you know you aren't on the right track and at such you have to pause and go back to the right track.
In life, we'll always meet oppositions, it's how we react in such situations that makes or breaks us. We should be prepared to say the truth, and not neglect saying it, albeit, when saying our facts we should also know how we put them forward so that it can be acceptable.