Unfortunately, just before you take your first step on the righteous
journey to pursue your dreams, people around you, even the ones who
deeply care for you, will usually give you awful advice. It’s not
because they have evil intentions. It’s because they don’t understand
the big picture – what your dreams, passions and life goals mean to
you. They don’t understand that, to you, the reward is worth the risk.
So they try to protect you by shielding you from the possibility of failure, which, in effect, also shields you from the possibility of making your dreams a reality.
As our friend Steve Jobs says:
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other
people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out
your own inner voice, heart and intuition. They somehow already know
what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
