Don't tell me I can't do it!

Written by Linda Smith on Sep 2, 2008 7:18 pm

Read More: Personal Development | Positive Thinking

Had a very interesting phone call today. A marketer from back east (I'm in California so this was anywhere east of Nevada to me) and asked me if I had recently signed up for information about working from home. Since I have been surfing the internet and exploring what other's are doing over the past six months, I replied it was possible I inadvertently did.

She asked me if I had found a home business. I replied that I had and that I was thrilled with it. I asked her what she was doing...she works for a business and she gave me some impressive credentials about her expertise utilizing online/computer web-based "stuff."

I told her I was fascinated with the internet; I mentioned that I had stumbled upon something called Magnetic Sponsoring and that it helped to open some doors for me in my learning curve to market my business via the internet. I told her my ambition is global.

She told me to forget it and that I was probably wasting my time and my money. She said that most people who try to set up their own websites for their businesses aren't successful with it, that they don't know how to market and on and on and on. Actually all I really heard her say was, "You can't do it." That was all I needed to hear.

She doesn't know me. My daughters could tell her that it's pretty much an error to tell me that I can't do something I've set my mind to do. I was raised by parents who knew my potential and told me that I'd be able to accomplish whatever I set my mind to. To date, this has been true. I'm plenty old enough to know that I'm able to learn...I know in what ways I need to receive information in order to learn...and I know that I'm a learner-by-doing sort.

What she also didn't know was that my belief in my business is total...therefore it's only a matter of time before I master the learning I need to do, and implement that learning.

It's rather like the character in the television show "Lost," John Locke, who said - while in his wheelchair - "...don't tell me what I can't do."

Being the owner of my own home-based business is a joy, a challenge and will ultimately be vasting rewarding. I don't listen to people who tell me "you can't do it," because I know better. I also don't listen to people who tell me not to have three businesses...but that's a subject for a different blog.

Attitude...be a believer in your own success.

Linda

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