You know that thing you’re working on?
The one you haven’t told anyone about yet.
Should you?
Depends on who you ask.
Jerry Hicks had a philosophy about this. Hold it close to your heart until it’s solid in your mind. Don’t let anyone else’s opinions get in there before you’ve had a chance to make it your own. Because people will talk. Not always with bad intentions. But their doubt, their “have you thought about,” their “just playing devil’s advocate” can poke holes in something that isn’t ready to be poked.
Jack Canfield says the opposite. Tell people. Share what you’re working toward. You never know who knows someone who can help. Connections happen when you’re visible. The universe can’t send you help if it doesn’t know what you need.
Both are right.
I’ve lived both.
I may or may not be working on something like that right now. Just saying.
Anyway.
There’s a project I worked on quietly for months before I said a word. Not because I was secretive, but because I knew I needed to find my footing first. The moment outside voices got in too early, I would have talked myself right out of it. Or let someone else do it for me.
Then there are things I’ve announced before I even had a real plan. And the accountability of saying it out loud was exactly what made it real.
So here’s how I’ve adapted that advice.
If the project is tied to your identity, your healing, your becoming — hold it. Let it get solid. Let it root before you expose it to wind.
If the project needs fuel, connection, collaboration — say it. The right person might be one conversation away.
The question isn’t “should I tell people?”
The question is: is this thing fragile right now, or is it ready to be tested?
Only you know the answer to that.
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