"Stop spending energy convincing doubters before you act When Franklin told his church family he was heading to Hollywood at 18, they feared he would lose his faith and pushed him toward ministry instead. Rather than try to persuade them, he made a deliberate choice: "I think sometimes in life we spend too much energy trying to get people to see something they're never going to see until we do it." He simply told them to pray for him and left. The practical shift for anyone facing this: redirect the persuasion energy into execution, and let results do the convincing. Source: Devon Franklin, Undefined (RC & Friends style interview podcast), Devon Franklin Episode"