Tom Leu Music, Marketing & Motivation… the RockStar Way™

dream stealers

Distance yourself from dream stealers; those people who take energy and inspiration from you rather than give it to you. Dream stealing often comes disguised as good advice,“for your own good.” There are two types of dream stealers… those who view you as:

1) a Nut – These people truly feel that your endeavors may be unrealistic or are unattainable. In an effort to be protective, they try to kill your enthusiasm in the name of helping you avoid future disappointments. Though their intentions may be good, the poisonous message they’re sending is that you aren’t good enough. Only you can decide that.

2) a Threat – These people cannot, or will not support you completely because you and your ambitions make them feel bad about themselves. You are a mirror to their own perceived inadequacies. There are strong elements of competition, jealousy, and envy present. They often react uninterested and/or apathetic to your efforts because you are inadvertently calling theirs into question. These are the worst kind of dream stealers that need to be avoided at all costs.

If you can’t turn them off, at least try to turn them down.

“We are all either building our own dreams or building somebody else’s.” – Jeff Olson, The Slight Edge

©2008 Tom Leu