I recently had an experience with a group of investors that I regret now. I was talking to some people and while most were very positive, some in the group were extremely negative. So negative in fact that I almost became overcome with their extremely poor attitudes. As a teacher I made the mistake of letting a few negative people control a very positive situation.
I had finally had enough and I got quite upset and questioned the negative people why they had to think so negatively and always focus on the worst things that they could think of. I was hard on them and on one person in particular. I’ll tell you, the negativity is about to kill me. I can handle a lot of things, but I can’t handle wimps, crybabies, quitters or naysayers.
Looking back I wish I would have been more positive in the way I handled the situation. That goes to show you even the people most positive about investing and success can be pulled down by all the negativity. I let myself get sucked in to all the whining and negativity.
Anyway, today at the office we got a phone call from a coward. This coward called our phone staff and asked them if I was stable, planning to stay in business and regretted the way I handled myself in the aforementioned situation. I immediately thought to myself, “What a coward!”
This was a larger group of people that it happened in front of and I apologized several times afterword for my part in it. I apologized to the others present that I let the negativity overwhelm all the positive things that we have to talk about.
Well, just to answer the coward’s, I am usually stable : ), I will be in business longer than investors who have bad attitudes and I am human and regret any errors that I make, not just that one. I wish the coward phone caller had enough courage to say who they were. I am pretty sure that I know who it was. I don’t understand people who snipe from the bushes and hide in the shadows.
The sad thing is that coward probably spent enough time thinking about the call, making the call and thinking about the call after it was made to find a really good real estate deal. I find it so sad that people have time to complain in anonymity, but not to do positive uplifting things in their own life.
Stand up for what you believe in. I try my best to. I make mistakes like everyone, but at least I am not a coward. Stand up for what you believe in and never let the negativity overcome what you know to be true. Down with the cowards!
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Dear Mike,
I happened to be in the class. I noted at least 3 class members wanting to assist this student and they each went away with the same negativity. So, even with many trying to assist him, they,all three, left with the same feeling. Perhaps some that come to class really do not want to learn, they come to keep their same concepts and do not ever intend to “think outside the box”, or take advantage of the “gift” you are trying to to give to each of us.
Mike,
I was in the class too. I must agree with you, it could have been handled better by all parties, but at least you were wise enough to admit you handled it wrong and then apologized, tried to correct it and move on!
I and several others sincerely tried to help the student, but we could not, so we moved on too! I hope everyone of us can rise above our discouragements and fears and pursue and obtain our dreams! That’s why you’re one of my heroes. You have reached for the stars, you have obtained your dreams and are helping us reach ours!!! A sincere thank you for your help!
Thank you for helping us focus on the positive!
Jared
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