Wow, that is a funny title.
It wasn't what I was going to write but it what came to my mind when I put in a title, so lets see where it goes, I am going to write through source. e.g. what ever comes out.
So family, they mean well right? Or do they? How many times have you been all jazzed up about something only to have the flames of your passion extinguished by your well meaning family? Now don't get me wrong, I love my family and I would do anything for them, really. Yet, sometimes, in fact more often than not they let you know exactly what they are thinking, and more often than not, it is not what you want, or more to the point what you need to hear.
I mean you were fired up, ready to go and tackle giants, yet one word from your family, or perhaps your most admired friends, and you loose all hope, and start to second guess yourself, OMG that is the WORST thing you could do!
Let's look further though...why would they say something like that......do they have some knowledge on the subject that you don't? I would hazard a guess that no, in most, if not all cases they do not have a clue what you are talking about, yet they feel qualified to comment. Hmm...... something to ponder perhaps.
So why? Look at it this way, and it is the most likely explanation, so if you can get this then you will have the tools to get passed what ever blockage your family or friends are ever likely to put in your path. All you have to do is remember this;
When you decide that you are going to step outside of the normal, i.e. try something new and untested, you then force your family and friends to push the boundary conditions of their thinking, therefore making them uncomfortable. And let's face it, no one likes to be uncomfortable. Because of this fact, it is their natural reaction to retract, by doing that they cling on to the past, and in the past you are reliant on them
So looking at it like this you may start to understand that it is their way of trying to maintain control of the situation. Imposing their "rules" upon the situation.
So just know that when your 'well meaning' friends and family offer their opinion, you don't have to accept it, and also realise that it is because you are now challenging their beliefs and comfort zone. At the end of the day all that matters is that you follow YOUR heart, at the end of the day it's your decision to make.
Let me leave you with this,
Regrets for the things you have done can be tempered by time, it is the regret for things you have not that are inconsolable.
Namaste
To Your Success
About the Author
Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.
