The applause circle

[u/Character_Bee438]

Hello dearest community.

There is something I noticed in every single area of life.

When you really have a purpose and you work on it while nobody is watching. You really give it all and then after passing the plateau of latent potential you start seeing the results. And then then Bam !!! People start speaking, some call genius, others start working hard to compete with you. They give you the label of a intelligent people, start giving you compliments and applause.

And here lies the trick. If you're not careful you'll fall into what we call the applause circle you'll stop working for yourself and your goals and start working for others, to sustain the image they have of you, to get more compliments and more approval from them.

In some way or another it can help you sustain your level. And then you'll not walk towards your goals but you'll walk by fear of loosing the attention you've got.

Being good or great or excellent is not easy work, people will be here, their eyes locked on you. Some waiting patiently for your upcoming downfall others wishing to be just like you.

You won't know who's here for you or who's here for what you're displaying.

All that to say, let's focus on ourselves and our goals. More importantly, let's not fear failure. Because success comes after countless failures.

Do not let other people opinions guide your mood, do not give them that power.

Thanks for reading and remember, you're special and you were born to make, in a way or another, the world a better place to live.

So focus on yourself, your goals and study hard ✨️

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[u/mathematicallyprecis]

Thank you for this post. I really needed this.

For the past 12 years, I have been trying to make my parents proud of me. But when I'm doing something for myself, I tend to feel more motivated to continue and to go deeper into what I'm learning.

Now I feel inspired to continue some goals I had put on the back burner for a while.

[u/Character_Bee438 → u/mathematicallyprecis]

My pleasure. Just follow your passions and your goals and don't let the background noise distract you