"When people undermine your dreams,
predict your doom, or criticize you,
remember they are telling you their story, not yours."
The road to success or where you want to go, is most likely going be a very lonely and bumpy one.
It seems like this road is also going to constantly be under construction.
In other words, going from where you are today to where you want to be in the future might not be an easy one. But who said it was going to be easy?
Remember, anything worthwhile in your life, is going to be upstream.
On the other hand it is not going to be impossible either. People are remarkable and they are capable of accomplishing remarkable things in their lives.
You have to have a certain amount of grit, perseverance, persistence and patience to get to where we want to go. But if you believe, have faith and take action, you will get there.
This bumpy road often consists of negative friends and relatives, a society that does nothing to support our dreams and our vision and backstabbing bosses and co-workers, just to name a few.
On your way to your goal you also have to deal with your own doubts, lack of faith, sometimes a shaky belief system, the imposter syndrome, your own past pulling you backwards and also all kinds of distraction pulling you sideways instead of forward towards your goal.
Distractions are everywhere. We are constantly pulled in all kinds of directions.
Our phone is probably one of the worst distractions, because we carry it with us 24/7 and a lot of people are also making themselves available to others, 24 hours per day.
TV, the internet, other people's emergencies and drama count for a lot of unnecessary obstacles on our path to our dream.
It's easy to allow yourself to get pulled into other people's drama.
All of a sudden, instead of focusing on your own goals and dreams, your mind is now being busy trying to process and make sense of the crazy making behavior of friends, family-members or co-workers.
In other words, where focus goes energy flows.
A lot of us make the mistake of sharing our dreams and goals with people that are not going to be supportive of where we want to go. Instead they might even try to sabotage our efforts in a sneaky way that we won't even notice for a while.
Some people are actually driven by the fear that you might actually success, so the will always be ready with a word of discouragement. They try to plant seeds of fear and doubt in your mind and as you begin to make progress, they will double down on their strategy.
You don't even know that this is happening, but all of a sudden you feel drained of your energy, having a hard time getting inspired and motivated to continue on your path.
In other words, it is like a small hole in a tire, it might take many miles before the tire goes flat.
So, stay away from crazy making people because they have a tendency to make you feel.....CRAZY.
And they will absolutely slow down your progress towards your dream, if you allow your brain to be hijacked by their constant drama.
If you are not sure that your brain and your focus have been hijacked by some kind of a crazy maker,
I have an amazing book, that you might want to check out.
Dealing With The Crazy Makers In Your Life - written by Dr. David Hawkins
"Some people will pretend to care
so they can get a better seat to watch your struggle.
Every helping hand isn't always to help."
Invest in people who invest in you.
www.karinglannstam.com
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