Average people always deem the threat to outweigh the opportunity. They’re hooked on pain, and addicted to comfort. They are their own worst enemies. They say:

“I dig the ditch to make the money to buy the food to give me energy to dig the ditch”

…and they allow their fear to put their dreams in a wheelchair. Fear and faith cannot co-exist, anymore than winners and losers can.

Winners know…

• Winners know that it is always too late to quit.
• They understand that if your friend gives you poison, it will kill you, and that there are certain friends they can’t afford.
• They insist on success, and they strive for excellence in everything they do.
• The question is never “CAN I?” but rather, “WILL I?” and winners don’t compromise. Mediocrity and compromise are the selfish pursuit of losers.
• Winners will not tolerate excuses and slothfulness.

An intelligent person will not allow someone else to steal their hopes and dreams, anymore than they will allow them to attack their family or rob them.

By allowing losers into your life, you hurt your friends and family, just as surely as if you invited a wolf among the sheep.  One doesn’t mix rotten fruit with fresh fruit, or poison a well.  Parasites will contaminate your life and business; they are a cancer that you should avoid at all costs.

Definition of Freedom

On the recent DollarMakers Certified Business Mentor training program, I showed the Mentors the movie, “The Fountainhead”. It is available for sale from Blockbuster Video, and I highly recommend it, and the book by Ayn Rand upon which the movie is based. In the movie, the heroine says,

“Freedom means to want nothing, to expect nothing, and to depend on nothing.”

This is a far cry from the victim’s mantra of the losers, who expect producers to carry them, pay for them, and support their bad choices. Shun them as you would a leper, or they will steal your joy and your ambition like the thieves they are.

Take Stock

Look at your circle of “friends” and decide who needs to be evicted and who needs to be drawn closer. Constantly audit your social life and be sure to seek out those who are the creators and the producers, the innovators and the winners, while removing the leeches and the snakes, and you will find yourself attracting wealth, wisdom, health, and joy.  Success is by choice, not by chance; we win by design. Shun the commonplace, and go for the gold medal.