Avoid “isolation of Success” by Looking for New Mates As You Go Up
Success in your field usually means that you will discover a whole host of new challenges that were not previously anticipated. This can be an isolating factor as your life path is at odds with your peers. To maintain a healthy perspective, build relationships with new peers.
As advice site Dumb Little Man explains, success can be isolated. If everyone you know doesn’t work in the same field as you, they will likely be less concerned with your problems over time. The more you succeed, the more isolated you will feel. To combat this, it’s helpful to build relationships – not just business relationships, but real ones as well – with people who know what you’re going through:
Success can be lonely because most people are not willing to do the hard work required to achieve anything. The challenges you face along the way can be isolating as fewer and fewer people understand what you are going through. As a result, it is easy to assume that your problems are unique. The good news is that it isn’t. Every problem you have ever faced has been dealt with by someone else in the past. Other people have gone through your situation. The details may have a slightly different shape or shape, but in general your problems are probably similar to someone else’s. You are not as lonely as you think. At every stage of your life and development, there are people who have gone through what you are facing and have found a way to overcome their difficulties. Remember, if someone else can do it, you too can find a way out.
Of course, this does not mean that you need to leave your current friends. There is nothing wrong with taking a side view (in fact, it can be very helpful). However, if you are afraid to build relationships with new people, you may find yourself in an uncomfortable isolation and start to doubt everything you do, even if it is completely normal.
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