Have you ever told someone about your New Year’s resolutions, only to lose motivation following them up? That is the difficult science between goals, talk and energy. Working in silence helps us be accountable to ourselves only, unlike talking about our goals with strangers even friends.
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Many successful people like Elon Musk back this theory. In his interview on BBC, he said that working in silence helped him work on his projects faster since few believed in his dream anyway. In this article, we are going to explore 6 Powerful reasons as to why chasing our goals in silence gives us an advantage.
Reduce Pressure and Expectations
Have you been in a situation where you are working on something you consider life-changing? Maybe a project (music, art or content creation. And then you tell it to people, maybe friends and family. Opening up breeds a sense of fear of judgement, which can hurt the focus on the project. On the other hand, if you work in silence, there is no fear of judgement, giving you enough room for flexibility, experimentation and adaptation without any judgement.
Build Discipline and Self-Motivation
Working in silence, most especially in the early stages of goal development, helps build discipline faster. The reason is that you are not inviting any external justification. This builds self-reliance and in return, elevates self-discipline and self-motivation; key fuel in goal setting. When we seek validation externally and not internally, we tend to lose our power.
Avoid Premature Praise
Have you ever told your friends about a three-year goal plan only for them to praise you before you even start? This gives you a false sense of satisfaction ( dopamine release) that you have already achieved your goals. Keeping our goals to ourselves until a later stage is important for us to avoid this dopamine trap.
Build laser focus
Working on our goals in silence helps us build focus. In this modern world, many distractions stop us from being focused. For example, the many social media platforms and endless notifications. Staying away from these distractions gives us more time to chase our goals.
Maintain a Competitive Edge
In our communities today, the more skills you have give you better chances of success at maybe a job interview or when employers are cutting off workers. Always ensure to never reveal your tactics and strategies too early and don’t talk about them. When we talk less about our goals, we avoid copycats hence maintaining a competitive edge.
Protect your Goals from Negative energy
Have you ever talked about your plans in a group and got instant discouragement? This can affect the way you work or even make you give up. When we chase our goals in silence, we protect ourselves from the discouragement of the haters. Most of the greatest entrepreneurs concluded that great projects and start-ups happen faster in private before they ever go public.
Conclusion
In this article, we have discussed the reasons why we should chase our goals in silence. They include reducing pressure and expectation. This also helps in building discipline and self-motivation, hence personal development. When we chase in silence, we avoid premature praise, protect our goals from negative energy, while staying focused and maintaining a competitive edge.
Starting now, work on your goals in silence and compare the two scenarios. In the next article, we are going to discuss the practical ways in which we can chase our goals in silence. Stay tuned and share your thoughts in the comment section below.
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