The people or the person you’re trying to impress will never be continually impressed. It’s short lived! The impression you give yourself is the only one that matters because THIS is your starting point. People say you’re only as good as your first impression so if you constantly live by the foundation you build for yourself, then your power will continue internally, leaving you in control.
But SOME PEOPLE WANT TO CONTROL YOU. They don’t want you to succeed. Far too many times, too many people become lost through impressing others. This can cause a person to be led and not deter away from leading the most important thing – SELF!
You must not let anyone, any thing, any circumstance control your decisions based off of their impression of you. This is your life to live and in that life, you must be selfish to take your own self to the level of greatness.
In this world there can be so much pressure to fit into the box of what your life is supposed to look like. If every goal you had was based off of others, in which direction would your life be headed? To overly impress or try to live by someone else’s standards creates an overwhelming stress. To try and live up to someone’s standard is synonymous with climbing a ladder and trying to reach the top of something that has no ending. You will be infinitely going after someone’s approval who’s only goal is to hold you at bay.
Do not let others hold you at bay. Be the absolute best person you can be for YOU and only YOU. Don’t use the energy that you have to impress others – use that time and energy to invest in yourself. Let it be known and tell yourself that “the best me is the real me and I refuse to let anyone get in the way of that!”