Never Live by “Can’t” or “Won’t”

You have heard it before. Someone you know or some article you read on the internet tells you what won’t work. “Don’t start doing X… It’s too difficult and you won’t be successful.” The format is generally the same for every nonconstructive phrase. The source tells you not to do something because it is either pointless or you will never achieve something by it. Well I’m here to tell you otherwise.

I’ve become extremely cautious of what I read or hear from anyone who is teaching me anything. Whenever I catch an nonconstructive phrase, I first look at the person(s) telling me this. Here are a couple of questions that go through my head:

What have they achieved?

Often you can look at the person’s life and see that they might not be successful or unhappy. Once you do this, you might notice that they often like to spread a lot of negativity around to make everyone around them feel the same way. A word of advice: Avoid them.

Why are they telling me this?

Defining what this person is trying to get out of this statement is the key. What could they possibly want you to do by reading the statement? The answer is often nothing. That’s right, they want you do nothing. Instead of going out and doing something new and exciting, deep down they are too afraid to do it, so they will tell you not to.

So now you know more about why people try to manipulate those around them to do nothing. In order to become or do something, you only have to realize that with hard work and integrity you can achieve anything.

Don’t believe me? Take a look at a few people from history such as Thomas Edison or Albert Einstein to name a few. Read through their biographies and you will notice that they were told that they had learning disabilities or other problems, but do you thing that stopped them from fulfilling a dream?

Enough with all the talk about negativity! Go out and get motivated. Watch a movie, read a book, read an interesting article, or whatever it takes to get you in gear.

What inspired me to write this? An article I read at WebProNews

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