Keep your expectations as low as possible and accept it isn't likely that every day, you will get your own way. If you've been looking for a new residence or office, don't be surprised to discover another agency will put in a higher offer or the transaction falls through just when you thought everything was in the bag. Delays will crop up wherever you turn and misunderstandings are rife. If you have to say no to someone, let them down gently!

Teaming up with someone in an enterprising activity could multiply your own good fortune. As surprising as it may seem, mixing with other people makes little demand on your energy and gives you a lot of pleasure. Joint plans of a long term nature are shaping up exactly as you had hoped. A promotion or plum assignment could be offered to you or your partner much to everyone's delight.

If you want something strongly enough you will get it: where there's a will, there's a way. If one method doesn't work, you will try another and may even have a third go at it until you start seeing results. Never before have your friends and loved ones seen you so determined. People are starting to look at you through new and more respectful eyes. The strength of mind and purpose you're exhibiting is a sure fire way of enhancing your social and business reputation.

Go ahead and give it a try if you're tempted to take someone up on an unexpected but attractive offer. Your partner may not understand the appeal but they're unlikely to stand in your way. If it might do you some good to break out of your usual routines for a wee while, people who care for you will support you. What you're planning may not be their cup of tea but it won't stop them from giving you all the encouragement you need.

It might feel you have the weight of the world on your shoulders especially where your career is concerned. Don't be afraid to turn down jobs. Or request that they be delegated to others until you have a chance to get on top of the pile of work you already have, but people are taking you for granted and if there's no-one else available everything gets flung onto you. From now on turn them away and remind others you are human and not a machine.

Your boss, a work superior or leader in your social circle won't credit you with intelligence or any initiative. Your self confidence is starting to wither under their over controlling leadership style. There are ways of handling the dictator in your life, whoever it may be. You might inject humour into the situation and try not to let them upset you. Leaving is another option. It isn't your role to try to control a control freak but you don't have to feel you can't escape their clutches.

You're working with someone who is really switched on in terms of a joint challenge. If a rival is trying to undermine your confidence you have supportive allies who will prove everything they accuse you of, is wrong. You're too polite with everyone even those who are out to get you. A romantic at heart, you may hold an idealised vision of the perfect world and you can't but help look for the good in everyone.

Some in depth thinking will bring answers to the problems currently on your mind. You've had a tendency to let others influence you too much lately and it's not going to help you now. What you really need is to spend some time on your own in a quiet environment so you can be alone with your thoughts. Don't get discouraged if afterwards someone still tries to talk you out of your decisions. By then you should be confident about what you want to do and no one else is making your mind up for you.

Don't be held back by overly cautious people who are prisoners of their own reduced expectations. If you're in need of some excitement, there should be nothing stopping you from spicing up those dull and dreary areas in your life. Let's face it: you could never be happy with a routine existence when every day is the same as the next. Others can hesitate if they wish but you should follow your own impulses and enjoy the chance of a change while it's there.

Accomplishing a project which was begun with a team, on your own, will give you a lot to be proud about. Others may have given up the moment they encountered difficulties but your determination has carried you through. Now people see the potential of this venture they are starting to sit up and take notice. Thankfully you have always got on well with them so if they offer to help in the future, you will take this as their way of admitting they were wrong!

Don't be too keen to help someone new to your environment who seems too timid for their own good. Yes you might encourage them to help themselves but do this from a distance. Get too involved in their affairs and they will start to lean on you so heavily you might feel they're going to push you over! Save yourself future bother by remembering all those times in the past when you've been far too kind towards others and how hard it was later to extract them from your life.

A challenge could turn out to be a lot of fun providing you don't approach it with dread. The difficulties you expect to encounter won't be as hard as you think to overcome. Teaming up with someone who is passionate or compelling will make you forget your uncertainties; they know how to inspire you and keep you motivated. If you're seriously keen on trying something different, don't let the opportunity pass you by and stop putting limits on yourself.