Through all the years I’ve been working, one thing has become abundantly clear. There is a certain number of people out there who not only hope you are not successful, they actually wish it.
As shocking as that may sound, you may think everybody has your back all the time. But the truth of the matter is that they don’t. People can be envious of those who are able to and have done great things.
One thing I’m always keenly aware of is that there is a certain number of people around me who are waiting to see me fail. That’s why you have to take your work ethic to a whole other level to be successful. That’s why you have to not just wish for something to happen, but work for something to happen.
When you have such a militant conviction of what you are doing and why you are doing it – there is no question why you are doing it and there will be zero chance of failure.
People not only hope you don’t succeed, they stand by and wish for you not to succeed. It’s a sad thing to think about, but it’s really just human nature. Some people see others and what they’re able to accomplish, and it just bothers them to their very core. They’re not able to understand why some people can pull off such feats. But the ironic thing about it – and I know exactly who a lot of them are – is there have been people who have stood around and hoped, wished, even prayed for me to fail.
Those people seem to exert themselves away from me. What I find is that the more people who fail around me by hoping I fail, the more that I am able to succeed. It’s something to be cognizant of, but the moral of this story is that you cannot wish for anything to happen. You have to work for it, and you have to make it happen on your own.