They Laugh When I Started Doing "Make Money Online", but When I Started To Profit...

Generally speaking, you're probably right.

However many times when a Person is determined to accomplish something "audacious" (as Allen Says put it) ... They will often meet with resistance ― even on a supportive Forum like this one. Why? Again, I have no idea. I suppose it could go back to "Ape Days" where the audacious Person will be more successful than the average "Ape" and so they find that threatening. Just a guess.

Definitely. And that is congruent with what I mentioned from "Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude" ― don't talk about your Dreams/Ambitions ... Yet keep taking action and working on them. Great point, Claude. : )

Good point. And actually, in that instance, it would be beneficial to mention that to them ... Because if they listen to the advice, they will be more successful.

I understand what you mean however I see it slightly differently. If a person is dreaming, and dreaming, and dreaming ... And never got anywhere, yet suddenly realize they must start taking action ... Well, assuming they succeed, I would consider that to be an even inspiring example of success. Why? Because they spent so many years "failing"/not doing anything ... However eventually achieved success.

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I don't know anyone who wants me to be miserable because they are. I do know miserable people who don't want to hear about your accomplishments, because it puts them in the shadows. It takes away from the attention they get because they are miserable.

And....are you ready? If they make you miserable, it takes away from the attention they get. Miserable people want to feel special. And they get that feeling by talking about how terrible their life is. They want that attention on them. Sympathy is like Oxygen to them. If they make you miserable, it's attention they have to share. They don't want to hear about your misery, they want you to hear about theirs.

Some people (a distinct minority) identify themselves by the pain the feel, the loss they have endured. Every conversation leads to a long diatribe about how unfair life is, how much they suffer, and how it's impossible to get anywhere.

I know those people.

In fact, I love a few of them. What I have learned is to never talk about anything remotely related to what I'm doing in business.

Once, I was speaking to a group of a few hundred vacuum cleaner dealers. (I'm about to brag. I'm all about bragging).

I was sharing the stage with a few other dealers. I spoke last because I was the keynote speaker.

The first speaker talked about their store a little, and then talked about how their store had been burglarized. In that moment I know what was going to happen. Every speaker was going to talk about a tragedy that they went through. Why? It's an easy subject to talk about. It lets them off the hook because they didn't have a prepared speech, and it garnered attention (although sympathy is not the attention you want in a business setting)

The next speaker spent her entire time talking about her cancer. When she was done and sat down next to me, it was like she was sucking the life from the room. The next few speakers were just as bad. Every grievance was talked about. Nothing useful was shared.

And then I got up to speak......I looked at the table where the previous speakers were sitting. All looking pitiful. All trying to absorb sympathy from the room.

I had about 45 minutes to speak. I spent the first 20 minutes trying to get someone to laugh...anyone.....Nope. They had been conditioned by the other speakers to expect a terrible story of hardship and suffering. And I didn't have one. At least one I wanted to share. I cut my speech short. Polite applause. A waste of everyone's time.

But the people that are psychic vampires? I just never give them an entry. I never give them something to complain against. It's all polite conversation. And I never ask them how they are doing, even if they ask me....because I know the road that leads to...and it's dark.