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This article is mainly geared toward new entrepreneurs who are just starting out. It´s basic advice on dealing with negative people around them and keeping their mood up to the point they´re able to move forward in business despite what´s going on around them.

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How Business Owners Can Prevent Outside Influences From Hurting Their Chances of Success
By Patricia Gilliam

For new entrepreneurs, realizing how outside influences (both positive and negative) impact a person´s life and success is a very important lesson. One of the hardest things to deal with is when someone close to you does not share your excitement and enthusiasm about your business dreams and goals. Another is just keeping your mood up when daily life grinds at you. Here are some tips dealing with not letting outside influences hurt your chances for success:

1) With negative people, find out what their motivation is for their negativity. This is extremely important. There are some people who are just concerned for your well-being. They don´t want you to do something they believe is too risky, even though it is a controlled risk from your point-of-view. When it comes down to it, these people just care and need some reassurance and comfort that you´re going to be fine. These can sometimes be good people to listen to because they may catch possible problems for you before they even occur, making you a better business owner.
There are other people who are uncomfortable with other people around them succeeding. I was told by one of my business mentors that this is sometimes called the "crabs in a bucket" concept-when crabs are captured, they´re placed in a wide-open bucket because the ones on the bottom don´t let the ones on top escape.
2) Read books that keep you going and give you hope. There are thousands of them out there. Sometimes when you´re the only entrepreneurial thinker in your family, you need this to keep from feeling like you´re alone in what you´re trying to accomplish. Books are also a type of

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