People all around you are already thinking things about you – they just haven’t told you yet. BUT, if you decide to do things differently… like suddenly you decide you are going to run a marathon, sell your house or car, go abroad for a longer period of time or start a brand new career, then suddenly you will hear a lot of comments from people, as well as rumours beyond your belief.
The fact that people are so interested in you will come as a total surprise, who could have guessed… it is as if the Niagara Falls have been closed for renovation and just re-opened and the most popular topic is ”YOU”!
Let’s imagine you are looking at starting up a new business or changing careers. I can promise you that you will get a lot of suggestions, good advice from friends, relatives, neighbours and colleagues at work. Suddenly they have become (self-appointed) future strategists, trend analysts, experienced entrepreneurs etc.
Is this advice or real advice? Most often it is jealous colleagues that wish they too would dare make a change in their lives, or Mom and Dad who are worried you might get in with the wrong company or because they are just worried about you (though they wouldn’t express themselves in those exact words… but it is helpful if you understand what they really mean).
When I started my own home based business friends and relatives said: look upon it as money well invested in an education. And they were right – it has been a real good investment in education. I can’t even start explaining what it has meant for my personal development. Several of my friends thought I was nuts. Relatives, colleagues at work and old student friends gave me lots of advice, and most of their advice was meant to scare me off my initial ideas, and was well packaged in the words: I really care about you!
If you as an adolescent or older for that matter, have decided what you would like to do, and what education you would like to pursue, You Are Not Allowed To Change Your Mind Afterwards… or are you?
Published in Better Networker 26/10-2010
http://www.betternetworker.com/articles/view/personal-development/mindset/what-others-think-about-you
The fact that people are so interested in you will come as a total surprise, who could have guessed… it is as if the Niagara Falls have been closed for renovation and just re-opened and the most popular topic is ”YOU”!
Let’s imagine you are looking at starting up a new business or changing careers. I can promise you that you will get a lot of suggestions, good advice from friends, relatives, neighbours and colleagues at work. Suddenly they have become (self-appointed) future strategists, trend analysts, experienced entrepreneurs etc.
Is this advice or real advice? Most often it is jealous colleagues that wish they too would dare make a change in their lives, or Mom and Dad who are worried you might get in with the wrong company or because they are just worried about you (though they wouldn’t express themselves in those exact words… but it is helpful if you understand what they really mean).
When I started my own home based business friends and relatives said: look upon it as money well invested in an education. And they were right – it has been a real good investment in education. I can’t even start explaining what it has meant for my personal development. Several of my friends thought I was nuts. Relatives, colleagues at work and old student friends gave me lots of advice, and most of their advice was meant to scare me off my initial ideas, and was well packaged in the words: I really care about you!
If you as an adolescent or older for that matter, have decided what you would like to do, and what education you would like to pursue, You Are Not Allowed To Change Your Mind Afterwards… or are you?
Published in Better Networker 26/10-2010
http://www.betternetworker.com/articles/view/personal-development/mindset/what-others-think-about-you
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