A few weeks ago, I shared my plans for weight loss, blogging goals and changes for my YouTube channel. After listening to personal growth podcasts, I realized that sharing my plans was probably a mistake.
Note: I even shared my goals for the New Year (2025).
I shared many things I was doing or would do because I thought it would help me be accountable and also help others in their journeys.
The biggest lesson I have learned is that sharing my plans does not hold me accountable to anyone, and my success is less likely to become a reality.
I now refrain from sharing my plans and work on myself in silence, holding myself accountable to no one. I will share how I achieved my goals only after I have accomplished them.
Telling Your Plans Is a Setup
Often, we think that sharing our plans with others helps us achieve our goals, but the opposite happens. It gives us a false sense of reality, which makes us feel like we have accomplished the mission. Putting out the plan is a setup for failure. As someone of a certain age, I should know better, but better late than never.
Benefits of Keeping Your Plans to Yourself
There are many benefits to moving in silence with your plans and goals, but I have noticed a few for myself, and here they are.
Building yourself in quietness does the following:
- Helps you look within yourself and not to others for validation or accountability.
- Puts an end to playing the comparison game because you compare yourself to yourself and no one else.
- Gives you the self-discipline you need to reach your goals.
- Allows you to be your own cheerleader.
- Keeps others out of your business – everybody does not need to know everything. Most people do not care, so why share?
- Makes you mysterious.
- Builds self-reliance, perseverance, and consistency and strengthens your self-motivation and self-encouragement muscle.
- Helps you see in real-time that you can do it without ever saying a word to anyone.
Note: I think it is fine to share your plans with close family and/or close friends; they can help you stay accountable. Hoever, sharing your plans onliine for all to see, might not be the best thing to do.
Final Words
What do you think about building yourself quietly or moving silently toward success? Chime in with a comment.
I see people who are successful in reaching their goals who never share their plans with the world.
It is time for me to stop sharing my plans because I want success. I am tired of failure being my fate, so now is the time to take action without saying a word.
P.S. I am still moving forward, just moving diffterently and I will still share tips, inspiration, and motivation for you.
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