The thing about achieving your goals, is this – they are YOUR goals. No one else had the idea of following YOUR goals and achieving them. It was YOUR idea, so why expect anyone else to do it for you, let alone, help you?
Some of us get stuck at the beginning of the goal plan. We think that people will agree with our idea and want to help, but don’t believe the hype. The people who you expect support from will be the same ones who will give you a hard time and try to stop your progress. They’ll say things like:
“That doesn’t sound like such a good idea.”
“Don’t you think someone else has already done that already?”
“I don’t see a future in that.”
“Aren’t you a little too old to be doing that?”
Whether it’s your family or close friends, people will try to keep you from working your goal. Everyone is not as supportive as they should be. People will even go as far as to play mind tricks on you, like:
“Your ankles look to small and weak to run a marathon.”
“Are you feeling OK? You don’t look too well…”
“I haven’t seen you running in the neighborhood.”
“How do you expect to run a marathon? You don’t even drink water.”
Silly things like that would throw the average person off and make them start doubting themselves. You will hear similar rhetoric like this on your journey to success. Don’t allow anyone to plant the seed of doubt into your mind. It’s a downward spiral, because you start to think about all of your failures and challenges you didn’t act upon. The past doesn’t matter, so let it stay there – you will begin to work your plan at this moment and move forward!
The best thing to do is not tell anyone, unless it’s someone you know who would be very supportive of you. When you begin to do things to better yourself, others will naturally make comments that go against what you’re trying to do. Not all people, but you will encounter some with the “crabs in a barrel” syndrome.
The best way to achieve your goal is quietly. When you tell the wrong people about your plan, it has a way of convincing you that maybe you shouldn’t do it. Keep it to yourself. Let your success do the talking. No one will do it for you and don’t depend on anyone to help. These are your goals, therefore, you should be inspired to work them to completion yourself. Your desire and excitement should wake you in the morning and exhaust you to sleep at night. It may take months, it may take years, but in the end, you can say, “I achieved MY goals!” Those same people who made the negative comments in the beginning will (all of a sudden) be your biggest fans.