Worrying about being misunderstood? Your adventure to find greatness will sometimes lead you on the less-traveled path. Any journey towards noteworthy accomplishments often requires challenging the status quo.
But when you set out to define new ways of doing things, identify new functions, create new products, or uniquely demonstrate your artistry, you are likely to be misunderstood and garner criticism.
“Be willing to get uncomfortable and be misunderstood that is where great things happen.” – Ja-nae Duane
Not everyone will be able to perceive your vision
Many may question your motives, ridicule your intent, or minimize your level of effort. Yet, you have to stay the course and know within yourself that these challenges will come because everyone will not be able to perceive your vision.
To other people, your ideas and plans may seem far-fetched or impossible. Whenever you introduce something innovative ( never seen or done before), you will find hesitation from others to embrace your invention. However, as long as you have the idea, dream, desire, and plan of action to get the resources and opportunity to accomplish your goals, you have to ignore those who do not understand and keep striving.
People will not support what they do not grasp, cannot relate to, or don’t find valuable. Pursuing greatness requires taking chances, walking a different path and attempting what has never been done before. So, any effort to excel in some historical or tremendously lucrative way is often not embraced or understood.
It takes significant effort and time to deliver a product or function that changes or impacts society. You may find that as you embark on your odyssey to discover, create, and share developments that can advance our world, you will need to seclude yourself so that you can focus on moving your idea from possibility to reality.
Well, once you are off, privately, working on your design or scheme and not sharing information, you may be misunderstood and become an outcast. When people don’t know what you’re doing or can’t see what you are creating, some are bound to make assumptions and form opinions that are not necessarily positive.
Critics may misinterpret your attempt to protect the confidentiality of your concepts. Your quest to secure your distinctive design, features, or craft will require secrecy. Whenever you are unwilling or unable to share information, many will assume you are doing something clandestine or weird. So, your quest for greatness could result in negative responses, less than stellar opinions and comments all because those around you cannot comprehend what you are doing.
You need to possess unshakable faith
In your quest for greatness, you need to possess unshakable faith. Sometimes you take on many pursuits simultaneously because your interests and talents are diverse. It can seem overwhelming, but your confidence in yourself and your vision can help you thrive and succeed.
But, it may mean failing and trying over and over. It could mean testing varying angles of your idea to meet your goal. Or, it could mean risking your well being or taking a gamble on losing your assets. Most of your friends, family, and colleagues will not recognize the value you see in investing everything you have in achieving your goals. Those who are close to you may think you are wasting your time, losing your mind, and merely living recklessly.
When you go all out to launch a dream or idea that seems improbable, you stand to get teased and taunted. As challenges arise, you will find that your allies dwindle. Many will declare that after you lose it all, you will come to your senses. But, if you are sure that you want to attain your targeted achievements, you must also be willing to underwrite them by paying the cost financially, mentally, emotionally and even physically.
Visualize the result
If everyone else doubts, you must believe. You have to remind yourself that they do not recognize the exceptional and awe-inspiring triumphs that lie ahead for you. But, you can visualize the result, you can imagine the achievement and anticipate the victory that awaits you. So, you cannot allow the nay-sayers, the unbelievers and the dream crushers to take you down.
Despite being misunderstood, you have to press forward, creating, innovating, burning the midnight oil, securing your idea, accepting ridicule and criticism. You have to put your cares into delivering your dream and not into worrying about those who may never understand until they see and experience the greatness you achieve.
“Not everybody will get it. People will misinterpret you and what you do. They might even call you names. So, get comfortable with being misunderstood, disparaged, or ignored – the trick is to be too busy doing your work to care.” – Austin Kleon
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