Have you read any of the books by Napoleon Hill I hope you have, Napoleon Hill was one of the most inspirational and seminal writers of the 20th century his book “Think and Grow Rich” is one of the most widely read books on personal development ever written.  

Hill in his 20 year study identified the common attributes to success, achievement and riches as a set of 13 steps, starting with Desire the starting point of all achievement. Despite all the uplifting words it is often negativity that conspire in us failing to achieve that which we would most desire, frequently it is not our own negativity that is the problem. The thing to beware of is negative influences from other people.

The know alls, who never see the good in anything, you get them in the pub, in your place of work in fact almost every where. “It will never work because…….”. “I knew someone who….”. You get the drift? The amazing thing is that so many people listen to, or even value the opinion of these people. Now there is nothing wrong with constructive criticism because that is how we learn and improve. It is what makes us successful that someone has given the time to read and offer criticism to add value.

However I was reminded of this negativity one Saturday afternoon a few weeks ago.

Are we sitting comfortably?

Let us begin; I had set aside the Friday evening to work on my affiliate’s page for my home study course browser plugin Auction Profits. I started this a few weeks earlier so when I returned to it on the Friday I was shocked to find that it was less than half completed, it was missing e-mails, a product review a blog post and some signatures. No good moaning just got to get on with it so I worked late into the evening.

I continued during Saturday morning and into the afternoon, late in the afternoon I got a phone call.

“What are you doing?”

“Working on my affiliate resources for my product.”

“What, are you still working on that rubbish…? It will never amount to anything.”

It is so easy to let the seeds of doubt enter your mind and to become disheartened, this criticism becomes more than criticism it becomes a body blow as it works on a subconscious level. When I was wanting to start off on eBay, I was told it was impossible for the individual to make any real money at this and that I was wasting my time and my money. I listened to this advice  longer than I should have done, this wisdom came from someone who had been using eBay for some years so to me he was a guru (a small one, but then I thought that anyone who knew more than me was a guru).

I just assumed that I was being given good advice, my friend knew loads about eBay and I knew nearly nothing. This “advice” stopped me trading on eBay for over 2 years. This sage wisdom was repeated every time I suggested “we” find a way of making money on eBay. We because I did not have the experience.

Eventually I thought what the hell and I just went for it, at first I met with limited success, but by perseverance (one of the other steps to success and riches) my sales started to take off and 8 months later I attained Powerseller status. I still get weekly enquiries as to how my eBay business is doing, and how much time I waste doing it (7 hours a week max). The moral of the story, read Napoleon’s book and avoid the know all’s the self appointed experts and the Jeremiahs.

I finished my course despite the negative influences, it’s the value of a definite purpose!

You have one of the books by Napoleon Hill I hope you have, Napoleon Hill was one of the most challenging and seminal writers of the 20th century, his book “Think and Grow Rich” is one of the most read books on personal development ever written. Hill in his studio in 20 years identified common attributes for success, success and wealth as a series of 13 steps, beginning with the desire of the starting point of all achievement. Despite all the uplifting words, it is often conspire in the negativity that we are not able to achieve what we want most of the time is not our own negativity that the problem is, too. The case, beware of negative influences from other people. The know-alls who is never a good for nothing, you enter a pub in your workplace, in fact, almost everywhere. “It will never work because … ….”. “I met som

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