swimming up river against the crowd- negative people surround me

[Annette A.]

Some days i wake up and have to encourage myself in my goal; I must admit i have lost some of the omph' but i am continuing to plug away to accomplish this goal.

(some days every body around is so negative its hard not to let them effect me- but I AM PUSHING FORWARD regardless of those around me. I KNOW a good thing and i AM a visionary. I have faced the fact that I AM not like everybody else around me in their thinking and they dont understand me. So I must find positive connections of others that get it.)

today is one of those days... I wonder why i bother? Its like fighting to swim up river against a school of ??  bumping and pushing... trying to get somewhere different then the way they are trying to pull me. (sigh)

Does anybody else here hear what i am saying? Have yoooooou, do you feel this way at times? 

[JD Martin]

"Wantrepreneur". I like it! 

First thing I do when hearing negativity or criticism is consider the source. Is the person:

• Genuinely concerned about my well being?
• Successful in their own right?
• Comfortable with the success of others?
• Knowledgeable in the field of which they discuss?

If I can't honestly answer "Yes" to all of the above, I largely ignore it. Why spend time or energy on people who want to bring you down? At the end of the day, there are few people who actually give a crap whether you've done well or not, so spend time and energy on the few that do. Listen to your instincts. Seek out your own knowledge.