While a part of the duty of your vocation is to help uplift and elevate people, it’s not always worth the investment of emotion, time and energy.
If a person is consistently not receptive to the positive change you’re trying to inspire and teach, then that time is almost always better spent on others who are ready, willing and receptive to what you have to offer.
Do you want to work with mediocre people who say they want to get better, yet don’t show up with their actions?
Do you want to work with people who and aren’t willing to invest and create change in themselves?
As much as a client may be paying you, you’re giving them hours of your time, energy and emotion —essentially your lifeforce — you will never get that back, so choose very carefully who you want to invest your life into.
You can’t help people who don’t want to help themselves. So it comes down to what you are willing to accept — what are your standards?
Are you willing to accept you may be able to change this person in 6 months or a years time?
If you’re not willing to risk the gamble of all the life that gets invested into another, then you don’t work with that person.
Do you really want to give 6 months of your time to someone on a gamble they ‘might’ get better?
On the other hand, if someone walks in, tells you what they want to do, and then shows you with their actions they’re willing to get better, then you can allow yourself to invest time and life into them.
You’re not going to be able to influence and change everyone, and that’s okay. You don’t want or need everyone, only those whose values and standards are compatible with yours. No amount of money is worth compromising that.
“You can’t force someone to see their gold mine of potential if they can’t see it within themselves first.”
