Yup, Just Figures. Geez.
This is quite the long one tonight.
So, bear with me if you will. I find it an interesting story.
Last night:
After getting home from a friend's house, My Son told me our friend said "Wealthy Affiliate is a scam."
I asked my Son:
"Now, why does "Blank" (we'll call the person "Blank" for the time being) say Wealthy Affiliate is a scam?" (I actually already knew the answer to the question but was curious as to what the person told him).
My Son replied:
"Well, while I was there, "Blank" did a search for Wealthy Affiliate and told me all the listings on the first page were sites saying it was a scam."
I then said:
"Oh really? Did you see the listings she was talking about?" (Yes, you now know the person is a woman).
My Son answered:
"Actually no, she didn't really let me see them and didn't go to the sites". When I tried to look, she closed the search page. Oh yah, she also told me not to tell you what she said, that it would be better if you found out on your own that it's a scam."
I then explained to my Son why she did what she did because he became worried about my choice to join Wealthy Affiliate.
"Keep in mind", I told him, "that she is invested in three non-paying MLM schemes at this time. On top of that, she is having serious financial difficulties."
I went on to say,
"She keeps trying to sell those programs to me. So, because I won't buy-in to her failing programs, she doesn't want me to succeed with what I'm doing either. Some people just hate to see others successful if they are not. In addition, I believe she feels I will invest money in her programs if I fail at what I'm doing."
My Son was very upset in telling me all, he thought I would become quite sad, and upset when I heard it.
I said,
"Aww Son, this is not my first rodeo, so no worries. I've been involved in just about every scam there is online and off. I feel good about my Wealthy Affiliate choice and so should you."
At that point I told him:
"Don't ever let what others say deter you from doing what you really want to do in life. More times than not, they just do it because they are miserable themselves."
"Many people absolutely hate to see you succeed if they cannot."
Well,
I thought the woman was one of our friends, but desperation leads others to do stupid things.
So,
I chalk this one up to Hanlon's Razor,
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
(and after all, "Success is the best revenge")
Just My Two Coppers Worth.
~Jeannie
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Love that story. It really irks the "Nay-Sayers" when you become Successful in your field and they are still struggling with their projects.
Good story to get my day started. Thanks Jeannie.
Happy Trails
To Your Great Success..............Frank
Another education point for your son is to point out to him how the lady would not actually go to the pages. Scammers all use a variant of this tactic which they learned from Satan. Think about it. What did Satan do in the Garden? Manipulate and partially state the truth and then bend it (usually called lying) to serve their purpose. That is what that lady did. She represented a partial truth and then manipulated it to serve her ends.
Yes, she did try to manipulate my Son and then told him to lie about it. However, I won't go there right now. >:- (
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Love the quote! If you have to down someone else's choice to make you feel good about your own, you might think about choosing something else. I've tried all the scams, too. I think many of us have. I'm happy where I am now, as are you. Great story, Jeannie. I hope your son learned from it.
I know right? Yes, my Son learned from that experience and unfortunately, has had to learn from many similar ones as well.
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Success is a glorious revenge upon these people..
These people don't understand the building blocks for success.
As for scams.. I tried them. I know scams when I see them and learning isn't one of them.
Thanks for sharing your story. A few people will have their confidence boosted with this.
Great story and one that many people have been a part of.
And you're absolutely right - and hard to believe but even your closet friends and even some family don't want to see you succeed because they have not or are not succeeding themselves.
And if you don't succeed they have the opportunity to say "see I told you so"
They need to hang on to their victim story to justify why they are not succeeding. And if they can add you to their victim story it strengthens their reasons why they are not succeeding.
It's not their fault, it's always something or someone else to blame.
And until they understand they need to shed that victim story they will never succeed. And the cycle continues.
One thing I have never done and never will do - is worry or care what people think of me. I have no control over that - good or bad.
But I have total control over my life and my destiny. Always have and always will.
I'm a simple guy - I wake up and do my thing and I try to have a positive influence on the people I meet during the day and walk away from the people that are bound and determined to have a really bad day or are just plain pissed off about where they are in their life.
Don't get me wrong if someone is trying to change their circumstances no matter what those circumstances are then you have the right to vent it's part of the process of succeeding.
But if your telling the same victim story and not doing anything about it - shut up no one wants to hear it over and over again - it's old and tired.
Who I am attracts the people I want in my life.
The drama kings and queens, the negative nay sayers, the haters and the just plain goofy that contribute no real substance or value to my life because of who they are will have zero influence on my life because they can never be part of my life.
I have had to make some hard choices and distance myself from some people. But my decisions to do that have been right. I have moved forward and the people I left behind are still where they are.
Still telling their victim story and still wondering why they can't move forward.
Great post
I believe in you
Leo
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There are so many who will create drama where there is none. So many people love to play the victim / martyr role because it gets others to stop what they're doing and focus on the drama, and thus, on them.
People in my life having done that to me in the past are just that, in the past. We reach the point of moving forward and leaving others behind for the self preservation of our own mental well-being. We must leave those behind who hold us back.
Many people are literally psychic vampires. They will suck the positive energy out of one's life. That positive energy is replaced with negative, which only attracts more negative. Over and over again along the same groove.
The hard choices we have to make are necessary for us to move forward and free ourselves from the negative influences holding us back.
Cheers.
as a potentially valuable addition to my stock "some people never let a good deed go unpunished" phrase- I thank you for the malice/stupidity light bulb quote moment!
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Great story and a wonderful quote! Thanks. :))
You are more than welcome. Glad you liked my story and the Razor. :-)
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