When you want to succeed in life, there are specific people to avoid. Without eliminating some individuals from your life, you will be pulled down to their level or be crushed to extinction.
Here is a list of people to avoid
Pessimists
Pessimists are individuals who are dominated by negative thoughts. This person cannot see anything positive even when there is proof you are headed somewhere.When you tell him, “I want to open an electronics shop”, he will answer, “that one can’t succeed, even Jeff opened one and he closed it within a week”. When you tell him, “I want to pursue MBA”,he will answer,”MBA nowadays is useless, you will be jobless anyway”. If you have such kind of a friend, please drop him from the list of your pals.
A jealous spouse
If you have a spouse who is jealous, let him/her be the first target among people to drop from your friends list. You secure a scholarship to study Medicine in the UK .While excited to deliver the good news to him, you get this answer: “who will you leave the children with? Stop that nonsense and stay here to take care of your family, else I divorce you”.
In a family set up there are things you must sacrifice when opportunities knock. If your spouse is not willing to let you grow, drop him/her.
Fake friends
Fake friends wear plastic smile, they are happy and genuine when you are around but talk ill of you behind your back. Fake friends will disappear when you need them most but will reappear when situations return to normal.
Lazy relatives
Relatives can be a nuisance, especially the lazy ones. Imagine a case where you wake up at 4 am, work for 20 hours before you rest. Then a lazy relative waits till end month to ask for money. He will even ask as if he placed it in your pocket.
It’s not wrong to help a relative but once you realize he is not worth your sweat, leave him to die, who cares.
One thing you should know is, when you become broke, these relatives you help are the ones to badmouth you. Sometimes you will hear this: “Look at this man, he has been boasting around, driving big cars, wearing designer suit- he is now broke, tunafanana sasa…hehehe”.
Your EX
When you divorced or separated, it means you were not meant to be together. For you to progress, you have to forget about your ex, otherwise she might mess you up.
One thing I know, your ex, especially a girlfriend, would want to see you miserable, desperate and needy. If you allow her back to your life, I swear you won’t progress.
People who are only happy when you help them
Have you ever noticed, there are people who are comfortable with you when they are gaining, but immediately you cut that pipe connecting resources to them, they disappear. To know them, a, refuse to extend the favour to them for a while and see how they will react, if they continue being close to you, it means they are people to keep.
People who ask for loans and never return
There are people who are heavily in debt. These guys will come, in a gentle voice ask for a soft loan. When time for repayment reaches, they start dodging. They will relocate to a unknown location, switch off phones, become scarce and eventually, tell you to the face, “I won’t pay”. These are the people to avoid.
