When Your Family and Friends Don’t Support Your Business Idea or Life Goal: How to Overcome the Naysayers
In this episode, we will share three tips to help get you through those moments when you are introducing your ideas or goals to your closest family and friends.
A lot of us have all been there, or we fear being there. It’s when we share an idea or thought and we sense that the other person or people don’t agree or aren’t sure what to say. It’s that whole thing of, “I am not going to say this to your face, but the lack of enthusiasm on my face is telling. Because to be honest, I think you have lost your mind. There is really no way you can make this happen.”
Whether it’s your huge business idea, you deciding to change careers or jobs, or your decision to move or lose weight…when the people around you – (especially the ones you really care about) criticize your dreams or ideas – or maybe they just don’t really get why you are trying to do it. It’s never fun. In fact, it can feel extremely defeating. I don’t know about you, but it feeds into my own doubts. When I sense that lack of enthusiasm or support about my idea, I can let that get in the way of my original vision.
So, first, we need to talk about why we care so much about what others think of us, what is actually happening when they disagree or don’t approve. There really can be way more going on there than you realize, so this is a good topic to dig into. We will talk about the why and the what behind the naysayers (especially those close to us) and provide some tips to get through it! And in the meantime, you will likely learn a lot about yourself and feel more confident in your idea.
Some people really do fear taking risks and seeing others take risks. There are people who are natural risk takers and there are others who always play it safe. When you are talking to those who tend to play it safe, your big dreams and goals can set off warning bells. It can make those who care about you the most worried. Their first reaction might be to save you from doing something wrong or something risky.
Tip 1: Remember, these people have great intentions usually.
Tip 2: Your actions and the results you get from them can make others think about their own life choices. You might be touching on a nerve that you didn’t even know existed.
Tip 3: Don’t let someone else dim your light just because they are doubting you.
When we have to stand up for our idea or our goal or dream, it can make us more committed to the outcome and the process. Sometimes disbelief in our abilities can make us question our dreams BUT in doing so, YOU get to decide what you do with that. You can take all of that to reinforce your way, course correct and change your plans some if you need to. But, when you use the doubts or fears of others as leverage to keep pushing forward…it can make for quite an amazing underdog story one day.
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