People to Avoid on Your Way to the Top

Don't let them drag you down

You live in a world where most are operating with a Scarcity Mentality.

Almost every single person you see in public is struggling.

You aren’t.

This is a very good thing. You should be proud of the life you built for yourself. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

But there are some unique problems that come along with being a have in a world full of have-nots.

One of them is the types of people who try to interact with you. Successful people attracts nefarious people that the rest of society never has to worry about.

Here are a few who will come crawling out of the woodwork once you make it (and how to deal with them).

Older men who didn’t make it

Nobody is more bitter and angry than a middle-aged man who failed at everything he ever tried to do.

Actually, scratch that.

One type is much worse: the older male who never even tried to begin with but “just knows” he could have made something of himself.

The sad thing about it is that it might even be true, but he’ll never get the opportunity to find out.

The years kept flying by and he kept thinking “one day I’ll make something of myself but first I have to…” until one day the earth revolved around the sun one too many times and it was too late.

So when he sees someone younger than him (or the same age as him) who is more successful than he ever has been or ever will be…it sparks something in him.

And it’s not good.

It makes him feel envy, shame, and rage. If he was an introspective guy he would direct these feelings inward…but he isn’t.

Even though his failure in life is his fault, the negative feelings about that failure wouldn’t be there if you didn’t pop up on his radar and make him feel bad about himself.

So all the bottled up resentment and shame and anger will be directed to the thing that’s “making him” feel that way: you.

Even if you aren’t doing anything to him. Even if you aren’t even talking to him. You could just be standing there, not even moving. It doesn’t matter. Just your very existence is enough to antagonize him.

The men who failed and the ones who failed to launch will punish you for their lack of success.

Very often this manifests in a feminine way: sarcastic comments, talking behind your back, etc.

Annoying but relatively harmless.

If they’re drunk though they can get physically violent. Low-impulse control from drinking + deep-rooted insecurities = violence (this is why it’s important to only go to higher-end venues if you’re going to drink).

The helpful advice-givers

Everyone loves to give you advice when they find out you own a business.

It could be a ‘helpful’ marketing tip, a ‘helpful’ product idea, a ‘helpful’ idea for how you should structure your website, et. al.

Of course advice from people who are walking the walk is always welcome, but that’s not what I’m talking about here.

This type of advice often comes from people who have worked a regular boring-ass job their entire life yet they somehow “just know” how to run a business.

Do they put that knowledge to use themselves by starting their own business and becoming mega-rich?

Of course not.