| Sometimes I really wish I could become deaf and | | | | receiving it. Take what can really improve your |
| blind to all the naysayers and negative people who | | | | progress and help you along your journey. But never |
| seem to want to sabotage my dreams and stand in | | | | pay attention to negative people who are NOT |
| the way of my goals. Don't you? | | | | successful and are NOT living the worthy life you aim |
| The people who surround you, even the closest | | | | for. |
| ones, can often be the hardest obstacle to | | | | Take advice from people who are already successful, |
| overcome on your way to fulfilling your desires and | | | | know how to overcome challenges, and can guide |
| living the life of your dreams. | | | | you with their experience and knowledge. That is the |
| Why? Because people who aspire to massive | | | | kind of advice that you need to pay attention to. |
| success are often seen as a threat to the average | | | | Why on earth should you listen to someone who is |
| person, and those average people may unconsciously | | | | living a mediocre life with no meaning or purpose? |
| - or consciously - try to pull those ambitious people | | | | A phrase I read in Paulo Coelho's "The Witch of |
| down to their level so that they are not left behind | | | | Portobello" really sums up the point: "You either carry |
| to suffer a mediocre life alone. | | | | your mission forward or you defend yourself. You're |
| How many times have you been criticized or | | | | aware, I know, that what you're doing is more |
| subjected to rejection or ridicule? What did you do in | | | | important than how you're seen by other people. Do |
| those situations? | | | | you agree?" |
| If your normal reaction is to stop what you are doing | | | | What you're doing is more important than how you're |
| - to halt your own progress - in order to focus on | | | | seen by other people. So carry on with your mission, |
| defending yourself or trying to prove your point, | | | | keep moving forward, and let your legacy speak for |
| then STOP. | | | | itself. |
| That is a waste of your time and effort. Life is too | | | | Successful people know that their mission is greater |
| short and too valuable to throw it away on such | | | | and more important than other people's opinions. So |
| nonsense. One thing you can be sure about is that | | | | never let the naysayers pull you down, and never kill |
| you will never please everyone - no one can, so why | | | | your dreams to please other people. |
| bother trying? | | | | When it comes to your mission and your dream, it's a |
| You have a dream and a unique mission on this earth | | | | good practice to become deaf and blind to negative |
| that only you can fulfill. Discover what it is and give it | | | | forces, and open your mind to the valuable advice of |
| all you've got. Give it your time, energy, and focus. | | | | successful people who have been where you are and |
| Believe in it and move forward. How people see you | | | | know the art of success. |
| is irrelevant and has nothing to do with you or your | | | | Keep moving forward and craft your legacy, and |
| dream of success. | | | | someday the impact of your mission will leave all |
| I am not saying that you shouldn't listen to good | | | | those who stood against you absolutely speechless. |
| advice, of course. Just be mindful of what kind of | | | | Attacking - not defending - is the best way to WIN |
| advice you're receiving and from whom you're | | | | the game of life. |