PESSIMISM AND CYNICISM
Sometimes, I see comments from people who believe that this is nothing but a MLM program or a pyramid scheme or a ponzi scheme or a gifting program or that it’s network marketing.
Generally, these types of comments come from people who have briefly looked at the system and decided to form an opinion based on pre-conceived notions.
Every day we get slammed with the ethics and the feasibility of pyramid schemes or MLM programs and this has captured some of our minds so completely, that anything which remotely resembles such a scheme is branded as a scheme and is judged to be never looked at again.
The other type of person is one who has previously been fully submersed in negativity for years on end.
When a legitimate opportunity arises, his mind is still set to reach a certain height and that is known as his “ceiling”. He cannot think or go beyond that ceiling no matter how hard he tries because of the years of negativity which conditioned his brain. He is effectively brainwashed to think that certain things which look like ‘so and so’ are BAD and should not be approached under any circumstances!
This puts him on high alert and he is always on the lookout for such things. When he comes across something which may resemble it, he’ll condemn it without even looking into the intricacies of the system or program.
I come across these types of people occasionally and it still continues to amaze me how after seeing themselves reject opportunity after opportunity, they still don’t get what’s holding them back.
This negativity and short-sightedness makes this person miss hundreds of opportunities because he dismisses each of them as “schemes” or “fads” or finds some other fault with the program to justify his continuing failure in life.
This type of person would even reject taking $100 from a person who simply walks up to him in the street and offers him $100 with no strings attached. Yes, there are such people out there who think and believe that there is always a catch. This helps justify the pre-conceived notion that you have to work your guts off to make a decent living.
If you give him a real legitimate answer to his concerns, he still pulls in obscure, far reaching scenarios to justify his rejection of the program. He will break every answer with an even further-reaching scenario whereby you have no choice but to let him dwell in his ignorance and pre-conceived notions.
He is known as the pessimist. Here is the definition of pessimist:
A person who habitually sees or anticipates the worst or is disposed to be gloomy.
There will always be people who will look at everything with the worst possible outlook. Everything they see, they feel that it’s no good. The world is all gloom and doom. Nothing ever goes right.
These people are always looking for the bad in any situation rather than looking for the good.
For example, if they meet a person for the first time, they immediately start to look for flaws in him or his character and this is the thing they tend to remember about that person. But they will quite easy forget the $150 he just handed him because the flaws of that person take a front seat in the mind of the pessimist.
Yes, even if someone was to hand the pessimist some money with no strings attached, he will still look for a reason thinking that there HAS to be a catch.
If he can’t find a catch, he will keep searching. This is a very cynical view. He believes that no one does something for free. He believes that the giver is doing it with an ulterior motive.
The truth is, the world has a lot of good in it as well as bad. By focusing on the bad alone, you start to believe that good doesn’t really exist.
This holds especially true with phrases like “It’s too good to be true” or “nothing in this world is free”.
Other than the obvious wrong with this way of thinking, the side effect is a poor attitude.
No one likes a person who’s always thinking the worst of everything even if you do good by him. Eventually, this pessimist will alienate everyone around him.
Imagine if you went out of your way to help someone from the goodness of your heart, but the person you helped, turned out to be a pessimist and a cynic.
He never really understood why you did what you did and didn’t appreciate the effort you put in because he believes you did it to help yourself. He believes that no one does things to help others. He believes that that there is ALWAYS an ulterior motive.
Imagine how that would make you feel. You are doing your best to help him and he is outright rejecting you and your efforts. Doesn’t that just piss you off?
I sincerely hope you are not the type of person described above. If you notice any of these qualities within yourself, take a step back and re-evaluate your whole perception of opportunities.
Most of the objections arise due to a misunderstanding of the business and how it works. When someone objects to a business opportunity, without even understanding how it works, who do you think is the dumb person in the equation? The general rule is: If you’re going to make an objection, make sure you know what you are talking about before making yourself look silly.
Sorry for sounding harsh, but some things have to be said. I come across these types of people almost every day so I had to make this post.
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