Do you feel that you can become great?

Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. 
Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.

Mark Twain

Your Support Mechanism

Do you have a support mechanism that really does support you?

Can you talk to the people around about your fears and your ambitions?

Do they provide you with the support you need? 

Do they make you believe that you really can achieve your goals?

Do you sometimes feel as if you're on your own, and you don't know where to turn?

The truth is that many of us don't really have a support mechanism that really does support.

We're embarrassed to talk about our dreams and aspirations.

We think our friends and family won't understand, or will belittle us and our dreams, so we don't bother to talk about it.

We think we can do it all ourselves.

But can we really?

The old proverb says that behind every great man is a great woman. That's obviously incredible sexist, offensive and outdated, but  it evidences the fact that throughout history, there has been an acknowledgement that everyone needs support.

Support takes many forms

The truth is that the support we need varies from time to time, and from person to person.

We might:

• just need people to allow us the freedom to pursue our dreams.
• need someone to listen and not to judge
• need someone to help us when we get stuck
• need people to believe in us

There are many, many other types of support that we may need from time to  time.

We don't have  to rely on the same person or people for all types of support. 

That's why we often talk about a support network.

Develop yours, and once you have, use it wisely.

It's one of the most important things you will ever have.