Close people usually have least interest in your elevation because…

The closest people to you sometimes have the least interest in seeing you elevate beyond where they are comfortable seeing you.

They may not consciously get in your way because the problem happens at a more subconscious level. The ego has other plans.

That is why strangers will push you more. The strangers pushing you may be simultaneously taking for granted those in their viscinity who are as good as you are.

Of course when you blow up without much whole-hearted aid of those who you consider to be close.

They won’t hesitate to rejoin the band wagon as it becomes clear that where you are going is inevitable.

They will reposition themselves on time to say they made you do it.

As you may have guessed, it still serves their self interest of being “part of the success”.

When the team wins it is “Our team won” and when it is losing it is no longer “Our”… It is “They lost”.

I am not giving you this information so that you can point fingers at friends whom you feel do not support you.

I am giving it so that you also look in the mirror and hold yourself accountable for the friends you have not supported who will later get more reception from strangers.

Often when people blow up, people blame them for switching crews and forgetting those they came up with.

The untold story is that those “new crews” probably would have done more whole-hearted efforts for the individual than those who had the privilege to be close to greatness but did nothing.

As that was the only way their egos could be at peace.

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