As an entrepreneur, your path to success will experience a few things that seem to happen consistently no matter who you are or what your business is. You need an idea, a way to launch your business, and cash flow to monetize it’s growth and expansion. You will also need a personal support team that’s got your back!
But what do you do when you’re so excited about building your business and taking your life and career to the next level, building momentum, only to discover that the people you rely on for that support are doing everything but supporting you?
It can come as a dream crushing blow to learn that those closest to you don’t support you with your next big goal or big dream!
It goes against human nature to not listen to the voices around you that you trust. In fact, what you think is literally a compilation of ideas, opinions and life experiences that you have adopted from others over a lifetime since you were a young child. Your parents, preachers, teachers, friends, family etc; you trust this group of people and you have been taught to believe that they have your best interest at heart when they share their advice with you.
It’s wrong of you not to listen to them and do what they say, isn’t it?
The truth is, not everyone will be happy regarding the changes that you’re deciding to make in your life and/or business. Not because they don’t want you to be happy or trust you necessarily but because they have their own level of insecurity about what you’re wanting to do. It’s not based on what they think you can do. It’s based on what they believe they would or should do. And that….is where the link in the chain of support often weakens and breaks.
Successful entrepreneurs, however, do this one thing that always keeps them going. What is it you ask?
Successful Entrepreneurs don’t ask for permission from others to build the life they want to live!
I’ll say it again because it’s that important…..Successful entrepreneurs don’t ask for permission from other people to get what it is they want! They just go get it, or do it or become it! It is often easier to stay within the confines of comfort and acceptance as we move through life. But often, the next step or the up-level you’re seeking is beyond those parameters. It can be scary and those that want the best for you will often revert to their own personal default and try and stop you from being disappointed or failure as a way of protecting you. Yet, that is exactly what you need to do!
You must continue to push yourself beyond the limitations that currently exist so that you can venture out of your comfort zone and achieve all of that which you desire. You’re not going to do it by playing safe and asking for everyone else’s two cents before you flip the switch. You just need to flip the switch and decide to do it!
Might the naysayers of your big ideas be right? It’s possible. The best you or anyone else can know for sure is what COULD happen and that’s very different than what WILL happen! No one can exactly predict the future and you won’t know what is possible for you unless you give it a try!
So, the next time you ask someone “What Should I do?”…..
Give yourself some credit for knowing yourself better than anyone else does. Decide what you want. Decide how you’re going to achieve it and then, go for it!
You support team will always want to give you their thoughts of wisdom and opinion when you share your ideas, goals and dreams with them. However, know the difference between what’s in your best interest and what’s in theirs.