While looking forward to something good in your life can be very exciting, you need to master the art of being a private person and letting results speak for themselves without jinxing it by telling everyone around you of your expectations and ideas. You have to keep in mind that life is unpredictable and that not everyone has your best interests at heart. So, it’s wise to refrain from sharing your plans prematurely with everyone around you. If you need a little more convincing, here are some compelling reasons why you should keep your plans to yourself, and let the results speak for themselves.
Plagiarism of Ideas
When you share your prospective plans with the people around you, you run the risk of having your ideas stolen from you. When you do that, It’s like dangling a cake in someone’s face and expecting them to turn away because the cake does not belong to them. You run the risk of tempting someone into wanting to do the same for themselves and in the process, having them plagiarize your ideas. You should, therefore, just rather keep your plans to yourself until they actualize. That way, someone won't beat you to your idea and feign it as theirs. You never truly know who is trustworthy so you might as well just rather keep your ideas to yourself.
Pressure
Once you announce your plans to the people around you, there’s a certain pressure that comes with it. Due to their remarks and emotional reactions, you will become a hostage of putting in way more work to ensure the plan works out, otherwise you would disappoint them. This unnecessary pressure can be very unhealthy as it may make you stressed and anxious, interfering with your productivity and your energy to execute the plan as was supposed to. By keeping your plans to yourself, you won't have to feel like you are on a time leash and because you have nothing to lose, you’ll be able to execute your plans at your own pace, peacefully and calmly. So regardless of how itchy you may feel in terms of wanting to reassure your friends and family of the plans you have that will elevate you to the next level, keep it to yourself until it actualises.
Creation of Unhealthy Competition
Once you share your plans with the people around you, one or two people are likely to get into competition mode so that they, too, can come out on top in whatever they plan on doing. This is inevitable as some people are just in the business of competing with everyone around them unprovoked. We may just go as far as to say it is their nature. So instead of them collaborating to help you achieve your plans, they will openly start competing with you and if you don't know any better, you will find yourself engaging and ruining your plans in the end. Instead of collaborating, you’re suddenly in a race to see who can accomplish their goals first.
Risk of Sabotage
When you have good news in your life, you have to understand that not everyone around you will be cheering for your success or even be happy for you. Whether you know it or not, you have secret enemies who would much rather have you fail than see you make anything out of your life. When you, therefore, forewarn them of your plans, you give them the platform to counter your plans so that they reduce your chances of success. Although it may be hard for you to understand why people are like that, it happens and it occurs more than you may think. You should, therefore, protect your plans by keeping your cards close to your chest and not sharing your plans with just everyone.
Reduction of Impact on Final Execution
There is just something about the element of surprise when it comes to successes that makes the win even more worthwhile and exciting. When you, therefore, share your plans with everyone away before you accomplish them, you dampen the element of surprise, making it seem unexciting. By telling your plans prematurely, you dilute the impact of achieving them as everyone would have already anticipated it. So why not keep your plans to yourself so that when they finally come to fruition, you enjoy having the people around you celebrate you wholeheartedly? That element of surprise can create a stronger impact and capture the attention of those who might have otherwise overlooked your journey.
Confusing Input
For some reason, people have a lot of things to comment about and say when it comes to plans that they may not have even thought about themselves. Suddenly, when you share your plans, everyone has an idea of how you should do what you plan on doing and on occasion, you might even end up being given an ultimatum that threatens your relationships. While some input can be helpful, do you want to run the risk of being confused and, in turn, confusing your plan? Also, take note that some people may not even believe that the plans will work, and they will end up demotivating you, making your plans even harder.
Attraction of Ingenuine People
It’s common knowledge that flowers attract bees. So, if you, therefore, look ambitious and have a promise to make it in life, you will find that many people who weren't there for you before will start feigning friendship with you. This is probably because they would want to enjoy the fruits of your success with you. You, therefore, have to be careful of the people who tell you your plans as you may end up just being taken advantage of by people who don't have your best interests at heart.