Don’t allow others to “eclipse” your potential
Yesterday, as I was working on a project with my partner Scott Kay, I received a call that required my immediate attention. This particular call came from an individual who is quite a negative personality. You know – the “chicken little” – the sky is falling all the time, type. As I was departing, Scott said, “Don’t let him eclipse you, brother”.
Well, we were able to reach a solution and when I returned, I found Scott hard at work. He was writing this article. So today’s post is by my partner Scott Kay and is titled “Don’t allow others to “eclipse” your potential”.
How can something so small, block-out something so big? This is a question that I asked myself during a solar eclipse. Of course, everyone volunteered the correct answer. The fact is that the moon is much closer to the earth than it is to the sun, which is correct.
It is nonetheless fascinating that the sun, as massive as it is, can be squelched by something which is so minute in size, namely the moon. Everyone is baffled that I can be so ignorant at times.
Yet this happens everyday in “real” life. Someone stumbles across an opportunity or an idea this is so great that it could, very well, change the course of their future. This idea could possible secure financial freedom for them and their family from now on and generations to come. This opportunity could provide not only the things in life that they desire, but also the time to enjoy those things with the people they love.
I know that you are asking yourself, “If this is true, how is it that I never hear about it happening?” The simple answer is that the “great opportunity” or “super idea”, as big and powerful as it is, is never acted on because it is blocked by as few as one single person.
People are baffled. How could this happen?
People perceive me as ignorant because I can’t fathom a solar eclipse. But I can see this concept (of being blocked ) as clear as day. Other’s can’t fathom how someone would abandon a great opportunity or a great idea, because of one single person. It is for the same reason that a solar eclipse is possible. There is someone closer to you than the great idea or great opportunity.
This “eclipsing” effect normally comes through friends and family. Because of their “caring nature”, they explain to you that great opportunities and great ideas only happen for others. Definitely not for you. The sentiment can be summed up and paraphrased as “you are destined to stay where you are, forever, just like us, so stop striving to better yourself.”
This is so unfortunate for not only that person, but for the world in general. There is no way of knowing who else might benefit from their great idea.
Fortunately, we have some independent thinkers and doers who would not allow themselves to be “eclipsed” by others - people like, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Chris Melton and Scott Kay. Don’t ever let anyone squelch you or “eclipse” you from being all that you can be or that you want to be.
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I totally agree with you on this. It’s something I see all of the time, maybe not in the great big way you speak of but even in little ways were one person can totally deflate another. I can’t help but think that this kind of behavior must be a major roadblock to a person ever realizing his/her dreams.
It is a shame that so many people live their lives in “fear” of what others think about them. As Scott implies: How many great things are left undone because we allow other to block out our talent?