Podcast Mini - What if People Don't Believe in You or Your Purpose?

Another mini podcast episode! This time I discuss what happens when people don't believe in your purpose or goal, and especially when they are those closest to you.

It's a scary enough thing getting out of line and pursuing something different, so it makes it even harder when those close to you don't share your vision - what should you do?

Note: I've been having trouble with my software for YouTube cutting off the beginning, so don't mind my nonsensical trembling at the beginning of each episode :). Yeah, these MINI's are coming from my YouTube channel...

Transcript:

[00:00:00] :  mm. Hey everyone it's j with life next level. Haven't exactly figured out these videos yet. There seems to be uh the first few seconds get cut off. So if there's a little bit of extra time that I'm just standing there, that's why I just don't want to keep cutting that off today. I just want to talk a little bit about um you have something you really want to do, You know? Maybe it's something outside your comfort zone. Maybe it's totally crazy. But what happens is that, is that a lot of times people don't believe in you, and people ask you what you're doing, um They talk about you and they don't understand, there's kind of two types of people are two categories that I think of people in this, you have the people that are jealous because, let's face it, a lot of times when we're getting out of our comfort zone, into our growth and we want to start something new, we're jumping outside of our comfort zone and it's outside of the line that everyone else stands in, that society kind of places in um since high school. And so people think it's weird, so you have the type of people that are that are jealous and um usually those aren't the people closest to you, There are people maybe in your network or your friend group, but they're just jealous that you're able to do something, you're trying to do something and they're just stop getting burned out doing whatever the hell they're doing. Um So those are the people that, oh well, who cares, right, and if they are close to you and they're jealous and then look at look at the people closest to you and see is there should you be involving yourself in other groups of people, other people that may be closed, like networking groups that have the same philosophies and concepts as you and have the same that are striving for the same things because you are the people that you hang out with most is they definitely impact you, your success, your decision making. So always think about that. But then what about the people closest to you? Because those are the ones that can hurt, right? I mean I've been there two people ask me all the time what the hell I'm doing. Um but just know this. Think about it from their perspective. They are trying to they're trying to exactly like our brains always do. They just don't want us to fail. They don't want to see us get hurt. And that's what the people closest to us trying to do. And if you think about it in terms of you not getting hurt in understanding what they're coming through there, seeing everything through their lens, not yours and their lenses are colored with with all of their attributes and all of their thoughts, they're not colored with theories. They're not seeing what you're seeing, Thinking about it a different way. Think about a doorway and you're going through this really cool journey because you're going to start a business will say. And yes, maybe people are questioning you. They think you're a dreamer, those closest to you. But there's not enough room in this doorway right now for you to pull everyone through with you, there's enough room for you. And once you can get through and show the world and yourself and those closest to you that you can do it, then you can turn around and you can start to pull them through. And once you start to get to that point, then their lenses also become clear and then they see what you're seeing because now it's a it's this cool thing that you're doing and successful. So don't get so distraught about about people, um, judging you and not trusting in what you're doing. And that may be believing, especially in a lot of times. Again, it can be those closest to you, close family and friends and significant others a lot of times because again, they don't want to see you get hurt. But once you start to go down that path and show that, hey, this can be successful and I can do this and it's gonna be really cool. Then you can start pulling them through and then they'll start seeing things your way. So don't get discouraged when people don't believe you just keep going, Take action and keep moving forward and prove to them and yourself that you can do it. All right, We'll see you next time on the Life, Next Level Channel, See you.