Don't Let Other People Stop You From Going After Your Dreams

The people you listen to and allow to speak into your life matters.

If all you hear is negative people, friends, and family telling you to give up on your dream, it's no wonder you might be spinning in circles, not sure which way is up or down.

Other people will give their blood, sweat, and tears to convince you to give up on your dreams. They will fight to the death to tell you that you should give up.

Why is this? Because our dreams challenge the unfulfilled parts of them. They also don't want you to hurt yourself and be let down.

While this is sweet and somewhat caring, it's not what helps people. But the flipside — encouraging delusions of grandeur — never helped anyone either. Some ideas are just bad, and that's OK!

But I don't think anyone should be discouraged from their dreams. I don't care how much experience someone doesn't have. Everyone can learn new skills to achieve their dreams.

Four Steps to Make Your Dreams Come True

1. Take action behind them. Dreams without action are just wishes. You have to actually do something toward your dream every single day.

1. Get relentless at learning what you don't know. Every skill can be learned. I didn't know how to build online businesses — I learned. I didn't know marketing — I learned. I didn't know content creation — I learned. You can learn anything.

1. Do NOT field negative opinions from people who haven't done what you set out to do. No matter who they are, no matter what experience they claim to have in a similar space. Their opinions are worth nothing if they haven't actually done it.

1. Build a tribe of people around you who can grab onto your dream.

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Ultimately, yes: some ideas are bad. That's OK! I like it when I realize an idea is bad. There are also 1,000 unrealized ideas because people don't put them into action and don't learn new skills or grow.

And that's where building a team comes in.

Getting a team around you of people who can grab onto the vision with you changes everything! That team could be one close friend. A team for your vision is you and one other person! You want a minimum of 3 people for a good team, but starting out, two is all you need!

Not sure how to find that person? Well, you have to be a friendly person.

Loneliness is one of the most significant factors I think that people get caught upon. When we have a healthy self-image and show ourselves friendly to other people, it attracts people who can join your team.

Boundaries With Negative People

We have to create a boundary where we do not listen to people who tell us to give up on our dreams.

Ultimately, you have to work on your self-belief and believe in yourself. Many times, starting out, people will try to invalidate you and get you to give up. It's your choice to let them or not.

We also can be our own worst enemy and critic. If you are not encouraging yourself and being your best cheerleader every single day, figure out why that is!

In business, you have to be your number one encouragement. You need to keep telling yourself what a great job you're doing and believing in yourself. This will attract others to buy into what you are selling as well.

Discern Feedback Without Surrendering Your Dream

Not every criticism is persecution, and not every concern is wisdom. This is where maturity matters. Some people are negative because they are afraid. Some people are negative because they have never built what you are building. And sometimes someone who loves you sees a real blind spot that you need to address.

The goal is not to become stubborn. The goal is to become discerning. Ask: Does this person understand the assignment on my life? Have they built anything similar? Are they trying to protect me from harm, or are they projecting their own fear onto me? Do they offer a better path, or only reasons to quit?

If their words produce clarity, humility, and better action, consider the feedback. If their words produce shame, paralysis, and self-abandonment, you need boundaries. Jeremiah talks about this same kind of resilience in rebuilding life from zero with mindset and resilience. Dreams are not built by ignoring reality. They are built by refusing to let fear have the final vote.

Protect the Routine That Protects the Dream

A dream becomes real through repeated action. That means the daily routine matters more than the emotional high you felt when the dream first came alive. You need rhythms that keep you moving when other people doubt you and when your own confidence gets quiet.

Start with one non-negotiable action you can take every day: write the page, make the offer, practice the skill, send the message, record the lesson, or review the numbers. Then protect that action like it matters, because it does. If you need a practical companion piece, read why your routine will decide how much money you make.

When fear gets loud, return to faith, identity, and action. Faith over fear for coaches and creators pairs well with this message because it reminds you that your dream is not only about ambition. It is also about stewardship. And stewardship means you stop asking for permission from people who were never assigned to carry the vision.

Build Proof Before You Ask for Consensus

If you ask everyone for permission before you take the first step, you will collect everybody else’s fear before you collect any evidence. Most people cannot bless a dream they do not understand yet. They are judging an unfinished picture, and you are letting their uncertainty become your ceiling.

Build proof instead. Proof does not mean you have the whole dream completed. Proof means you took enough action to learn something real. You made the call. You published the lesson. You practiced the skill. You helped one person. You created one small result that says, “This can work if I keep going.”

That kind of proof changes the conversation. You stop arguing with people about whether the dream is possible and start showing yourself what the next step requires. If you keep waiting until you feel fully ready, pair this with not waiting to figure it all out before you start. Action will teach you faster than another round of asking scared people to validate your calling.

Choose Voices That Produce Responsibility, Not Shame

The right support will not flatter you into fantasy. It will help you become responsible for the dream. That means the people around you should challenge your excuses, help you see blind spots, and still call you forward instead of making you feel stupid for wanting more.

A good voice produces responsibility. A destructive voice produces shame. Responsibility says, “Here is the next thing to learn.” Shame says, “Who do you think you are?” Responsibility helps you build skill. Shame makes you hide. Responsibility gives you correction with hope attached. Shame leaves you smaller than before.

When the dream is connected to a business, choose voices that also understand business reality. If you need to practice asking for what you want, read why your business grows when you ask clearly. If doubt keeps turning into delay, use imperfect action instead of overthinking as the daily pattern.

You do not need everyone to agree with your dream. You need enough wisdom, enough support, and enough repeated action to keep moving when agreement is not available.

Put the Dream on a Calendar

A dream without a calendar will usually stay emotional. You will think about it when you are inspired and avoid it when you are tired. That is why the next step has to become scheduled. Put the writing block on the calendar. Put the outreach block on the calendar. Put the learning block on the calendar. Give the dream a place to live in your week.

This also protects you from discouraging people because you no longer need to debate the whole vision every day. You only need to keep the next appointment with yourself. Today, that might mean making one offer. Tomorrow, it might mean studying one skill. Next week, it might mean asking for help from someone qualified.

Momentum is built through kept appointments. Every time you keep one, your confidence has evidence. Every time you break one, your doubt gets evidence. Start small enough that you can keep the promise, then increase the commitment as your capacity grows.

Get a Mentor or Coach

A mentor or coach is a great person to help encourage you in your dream because they are both invested in encouraging AND will shoot straight with you about if it's a good idea and what to adjust.

If you need someone to help mentor you in online marketing and sales, I've been helping companies grow from zero — startup, beginning, no sales — to make 6, 7, and 8 figures!

Don't let other people's limiting beliefs become your reality. The only person who gets to decide if your dream is possible is you.

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