My struggle was sharing my aspirations with those who lacked their own

19 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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Mark Evans DM reflects on the challenge of sharing his goals and dreams with people who lack their own aspirations. He describes encountering minimizing or discouraging responses (e.g., "get a job", "get real") and explains that surrounding oneself with people who have big goals can provide inspiration, guidance, and constructive critique. The excerpt emphasizes choosing peer groups who elevate rather than demoralize one’s ambitions.

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My biggest problem was I was sharing my goals and dreams with people that didn't even have dreams and goals. So they just started minimizing or demoralizing me and making me the bad guy. Or like Evans, get a job. Get real. When are you going to grow up? When are you going to get a real job? You know, all this stuff they say. But what I realized is you start sharing big goals and dreams with other people that are living big dreams and big goals and have bigger ones than you. They actually are trying to figure out to inspire you, to direct you, to give you guidance, to say, dude, that's a cool dream, but you're thinking too small if you're not hanging out with people. It's like, dude, that's a cool dream, but that's kind of small dream. You're not hanging out with the right guys.