The Follow Me out of Debt podcast is an easily-digestible show that's brought to you once a week, every week. Tom has taken the advice from well-known authors and show hosts, including Dave Ramsey, Clark Howard, Ramit Sethi, and Suze Orman - and is combining them into his own personal strategies to show you what works (and what doesn't) to get out of debt and get into prosperity.Read more »
The Follow Me out of Debt podcast is an easily-digestible show that's brought to you once a week, every week. Tom has taken the advice from well-known authors and show hosts, including Dave Ramsey, Clark Howard, Ramit Sethi, and Suze Orman - and is combining them into his own personal strategies to show you what works (and what doesn't) to get out of debt and get into prosperity.Read Less
It's sad but true. Not everyone wants you to succeed. The sooner that you realize this, the better that it will be for you.
You don't want to waste your time if you are continuously getting negative feedback from a particular individual. This person in your life could be a friend, a family member, or possibly neither of those. It really doesn't matter, because in the end, the negative feedback that you're receiving from this person is bringing you down. You might be incredibly excited and motivated to get out of debt, but as you make some critical headway in all of this, you find that there's this one individual who simply can't be happy for you.
In most cases, it's not a problem with you. It's almost always a problem with the individual who has decided that they don't want to see you succeed. They may ignore your accomplishments, or they may put down your accomplishments altogether. It pains them to see you succeed, and if this is someone who is close to you, it makes it all the more difficult for you when this type of ugliness rears its head.
Relax in knowing that it truly isn't about you; it's about them. They might be jealous. They might be going through something. They might just wish that they could have the same courage and perseverance that you have. Whatever the case may be, again, it's not about you and completely about them.
If you look at the situation from that lens, you may decide to pray for them. Even if you don't, you still don't want to give them the ability to knock the wind out of your sails. You worked hard for your accomplishments, and because of that, you should enjoy them to the fullest with those who are your cheerleaders in this world. Surround yourself with those people instead, and see how much easier it is to simply ignore the naysayers. God bless.