Personal Development for Smart People Forums - View Single Post - To tell or not to tell others about your intention

TheColonel · 01-25-2007, 09:41 PM

There are 2 schools of thought on this, and I think it comes down to what works for you.

I believe that if you tell someone something, and it makes you feel nervous, uneasy or anxious, you have just created resistance to the goal.

This has happened with me, and I never tell anyone my specific intentions anymore. I might say "I'm in the process of getting into politics, and I'm focusing on X, Y and Z." But I never say "I am now a US Senator" when it obviously isn't so.

I think that going around telling people you won the lottery is a huge mistake...even if you actually did win it.

01-25-2007, 09:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheColonel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 285	There are 2 schools of thought on this, and I think it comes down to what works for you. I believe that if you tell someone something, and it makes you feel nervous, uneasy or anxious, you have just created resistance to the goal. This has happened with me, and I never tell anyone my specific intentions anymore. I might say "I'm in the process of getting into politics, and I'm focusing on X, Y and Z." But I never say "I am now a US Senator" when it obviously isn't so. I think that going around telling people you won the lottery is a huge mistake...even if you actually did win it.