Does other people's negativity towards you motivate you?

Well a lot depends on the situation - sometimes it pays to be blunt, I mean there's a difference between directness and rudeness after all. But it must only be done with someone on your level, there are those who don't respond to well to it and its down to you to judge whether the situation fits that style of communication.

Thanks for being open minded though - I've had to explain myself a lot lately to people who just can't accept a different opinion

Depends of whether you trust those people, think they have knowledge in the field....Depends on how I feel about it...there are things in my life i am happy on giving up...and others i achieve against all odds... against past stigma about me...stigma that i myself had as well as others...

you mean... like how i remain sitting out here in the hallway just because its irking a person off, who was just rude to me and trying to make me go inside my apartment? .. then yup.. lol.. i should be out of my place more often, but i get out maybe once every so many days.