The plover is very clever bird.
It lives on the shore and builds its nest on the beach. Over the years, it has learned to find ways to protect its eggs and build its nest in unusual places–
like lobster traps.

And it’s perfect.

The trap properly protects the eggs and allows shelter for the mother while she nests. But if a plover were to ask a lobster, “is this a good place to build a nest?” the lobster would freak out. “NO WAY! THAT THING IS CERTAIN DEATH. STAY AWAY!”

But the plover obviously doesn’t ask.
And the plover shouldn’t listen to the lobster.
Nor should you.

We are birds living in a world of lobsters, asking the wrong people to look at our work and give us their opinion. The lobsters in our lives don’t believe in what we do, don’t see the world in the same way and they make us scared and change our mind.

Find more birds in your life.
Don’t ask the lobsters what they think.

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