5 Things Successful People Don’t Care About
5 Things Successful People Don’t Care About
There are many different versions of success and one person’s dream might be another’s nightmare. Regardless of how you define success, here are five things that truly successful people just don’t care about.
5 things successful people don’t care about PIXABAY
1. What others think they should do
Perhaps your parents had dreams of you being a lawyer or doctor. Perhaps your best friend wants to start a business with you. Perhaps you’ve been offered various pieces of advice on the routes you should take and the decisions you should consider.
Successful people understand that no one else’s intentions matter for their own journey, however well meaning they are. They know what they want to achieve and how they will achieve it and they ask for specific advice when required. They know that just because Pete thinks they should lower their prices and Gary thinks they should raise them, that Louise thinks they should offer a wider variety and Lara thinks they should specialise, it’s all irrelevant without a complete understanding of their goals, their values, and what they’re optimising for. Successful people decide what they should do, ask for the specific guidance they need, and then act on it.
2. Grandiose plans
I have been on judging panels for business awards and filtered applications full of intentions, goals and projections. When reading one submission written entirely in future tense, I realised that once I discounted everything that hadn’t actually happened, there was nothing left. Nothing tangible and certainly nothing worthy of an award.
Successful people know that grandiose plans and hype about what they hope to achieve one day is irrelevant, so they don’t talk about it. They see past it when others do. They know that plans can easily fall through and people can change their minds. They know much that is discussed never comes to fruition and they don’t want to be seen as someone who promises and doesn’t deliver. Instead, they put the work in and they share news when it’s finalised and not before.
