Your family and friends are not obligated to support you…
…or are they? You know we keep it real over here. I mean…you would think that it would go without saying that if anyone was going to support you in your endeavors, especially when first starting out; it would be your family and friends that would be the first ones to share your work and without question. I mean…even your social media friends. I get asked constantly to make my private posts public so that they can share those, but when it comes to anything about what I post for my business…crickets. Not a single like or share. If you can share a meme, you can share anything. But then, I will see these same people share and support other people’s work. So I would wonder why they can’t do that for me especially when I have shared their work and business information. Even if you don’t like to read blogs, or listen to podcasts…a share, a follow, a subscription, Then I see so many strangers following me, subscribing to my YouTube channel and that blesses me enough.
It took me a while to think about it and let it marinate throughout my mind that nobody…absolutely no one is obligated to support you. And not necessarily that I look at it as their obligation anymore, but maybe a gesture; just a nice gesture. So let’s go there…they don’t have to extend that gesture to you. Don’t get me wrong, it would be nice, but I don’t expect it. It would mean a lot, but I don’t expect it. I remember when I first started my blog; a “friend” was asked by someone else about a certain blog and if they read it (not mine) and if they didn’t then they should. This “friend” responded with me right there…”I don’t read blogs.” Oh okay! But then this same “friend” not long after that posted on social media that they wanted to get back into blogging. See how that works. That should have been an early sign of what was to come of my support from others, and as much as I just blew it off (but of course kept a mental note) it did bother me, and looking back, it has prepared me of what I should have expected. Instead, it just makes me work harder. I just continue to make myself better. I continue to grow my business. I continue to look at the bigger picture. I continue to focus on my goals…my end game. That’s all I can do. That’s all I want to do and will do.
