Is success a requirement? You’re feeling stuck, and I get…
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Is success a requirement?
You’re feeling stuck, and I get it. You have goals—things you want to accomplish—but instead of feeling excited, you feel pressure, maybe even fear. That fear makes everything harder. Why? Because somewhere along the way, you stopped seeing your goals as wants and started treating them like needs.
Needs are simple: food, water, air, shelter. Everything else? That’s a want. But society pushes this idea that success, status, and achievement are necessary for happiness. It’s an illusion, and when you buy into it, you put yourself under unnecessary pressure. You tighten up. You feel like you have to succeed or something terrible will happen. That fear creates friction—it limits you, blinds you to opportunities, and makes every step forward feel like an uphill battle.
Here’s the shift: place your goals back in the want category. You don’t need them to survive—you want them to grow. And that’s a powerful difference. Wants don’t control you. They guide you. They give you direction. And when you’re not forcing things, you start seeing all the open doors around you instead of banging your head against the closed ones.
Success isn’t something to fear. It’s something to engage with as your True Self. Lay out the steps. Take action. Move with the opportunities that appear instead of forcing things that aren’t meant to be. And don’t wait for society’s approval—it’s not theirs to give. This is your path. Fear doesn’t belong on it. Keep moving.
If this reached you or there was something that truly resonated with you, please like and share in hopes this will maybe reach someone that it could help.
-Coach Mike
EDIT your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantees
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#success #choice #fear #embrace #journey
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Raouf Nouari
You’re feeling stuck, and I get it. You have goals—things you want to accomplish—but instead of feeling excited, you feel pressure, maybe even fear. That fear makes everything harder. Why? Because somewhere along the way, you stopped seeing your goals as wants and started treating them like needs.
Needs are simple: food, water, air, shelter. Everything else? That’s a want. But society pushes this idea that success, status, and achievement are necessary for happiness. It’s an illusion, and when you buy into it, you put yourself under unnecessary pressure. You tighten up. You feel like you have to succeed or something terrible will happen. That fear creates friction—it limits you, blinds you to opportunities, and makes every step forward feel like an uphill battle.
Here’s the shift: place your goals back in the want category. You don’t need them to survive—you want them to grow. And that’s a powerful difference. Wants don’t control you. They guide you. They give you direction. And when you’re not forcing things, you start seeing all the open doors around you instead of banging your head against the closed ones.
Success isn’t something to fear. It’s something to engage with as your True Self. Lay out the steps. Take action. Move with the opportunities that appear instead of forcing things that aren’t meant to be. And don’t wait for society’s approval—it’s not theirs to give. This is your path. Fear doesn’t belong on it. Keep moving.
If this reached you or there was something that truly resonated with you, please like and share in hopes this will maybe reach someone that it could help.
-Coach Mike
EDIT your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantees
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#success #choice #fear #embrace #journey
Background Picture by
Raouf Nouari
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