“Don’t be silly!” “You won’t be able to do that!” “It can’t be done!” “No-one has ever done that before!” “What if you don’t succeed?”
So! What if I want to be silly in someone else’ estimation? And if no-one has ever done it before, then why can’t I be the first to do it? And why, yes, why won’t I succeed when I believe I will?
It is so easy to give in to the voices of critic, and sometimes these voices of critics are actually in our heads. Most of us will recognise the phrases. Not only when someone says them out aloud to us, but when we allow them to run over and over again in our heads. These phrases were often repeated through our childhood, by our parents, by our teachers and by other adults that had influence over us. In so many cases the phrases became so familiar that we started to believe them.
The time has come to stand up for ourselves. The time has come to banish these phrases from the circle of influence around us and from our minds. Allowing critics, whether real or whether in our head, to control what we think ourselves and our abilities is a route to disaster. It is giving away our power. It is allowing someone other than us to determine the outcome.
We need to learn to stand firm against critics. We need to learn that we are the ones who determine what we can do. We are the ones that can control what we believe. And by controlling what we believe, we can control how we behave and what we do. We can influence our lives. Our destiny.
Stand up and do not allow the critics, whether real people or voices in your head to stop you from reaching your dreams.