I wonder how much of our success depends on our attitudes and our approach in life. Really, think about any area of your life where you were stepping into untried territory….were your steps encouraged or discouraged by others. Did you let it stop you or did it have the opposite effect ….did it motivate you to overcome?
There is no end to others opinion’s when you are attempting something new. Some people feel free to give “advice” ….really just their opinion most of the time. Do we let that influence us?
I think quite often we do. For some reason, we are tempted to give another person’s opinion more value than we do our own. Why is that?
Of course, if someone giving advice has experience in the new area that we are stepping off into; we would be wise to consider the advise…but truly, i think gut instinct should account for alot. I trust my instincts alot. They are usually right.
When someone gives me doom and gloom about a decision i make….it challenges me to over come it. Then, other times, i let that advice stop me from even trying. I am trying to figure out the difference in my responses. Why do i trust myself only sometime; and why do i occasionally give in and change my course of action based on someone else’s opinion? Hmmmm…something to think about.
I would like to think that I weigh all the evidence and make an informed choice; but, i suspect that occasionally, i just let another opinion sway my resolve.
I don’t like that about myself and i think that i need to work on that. Besides, who knows me better than I know myself?
Write where you are 
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