My Family & Friends Are Against Me!

My Family & Friends Are Against Me! Monday morning I was conversing with an acquaintance who was sharing with me how her family and friends were against her.

Upon further dialogue, I discovered, that she shared with them some problems, her goals and plans for the immediate future.

Her sharing was received with complicated suggestions, advice and resistance.

Because of the response, she was angry and upset and now feels frustrated and more confused than ever.

Listen up:

We love our family and friends, don’t we?

Most definitely we do!

We need to understand that in all the long-term relationships, that we have nurtured over the years, there is an emotional dynamic that can go back for decades.

We have conditioned each other to act and behave in certain ways. We want to look out for each other and very possibly can project our own experiences and biases onto each other.

We do this with good intentions, but in many cases, it’s not always the right path to seek counsel and advice. People may unconsciously advise you in the wrong direction to protect their own interests and position.

It’s exactly the same in organisations, where C-Suite Executives will engage in an external coaching service, where there is no bias, no losses or gains that can influence the right decision with confidence and integrity.

I see many family businesses have this challenge due to the nature of the “Family Business Setup”.

Our relationships and businesses are too important to jeopardise by sharing the wrong information with the wrong people, aren’t they?

Yes, most definitely they are.

If you have some important decisions to make, and we all do, please think seriously about who you can engage that is professional with a no-bias outlook and can deliver counsel and advice, creating a state of confidence and integrity about your decision.

When we make the right decisions in all the different areas of our lives, our life experience skyrockets, as do our positive results.

Always seek professional advice for those things that are important to YOU!

Paul Simos is an accomplished Executive Life Coach, Health Coach and Certified Trainer.
He has a fundamental belief about his clients which frames how they work together i.e. they already have everything they need to achieve success. His role as a coach is to stimulate and challenge his clients to unlock their successful beliefs, skills, and behavior patterns. LinkedIn.