5 Types Of People To Avoid When Starting A Business

Starting your business is already challenging on its own and the last thing you need is someone to bring you down or shoot down your ideas. Whether it’s family, friends or colleagues avoid people who drain you when you need inspiration. Here are our top five types of people you should avoid when starting a business.

1. The person who thinks you can’t make it without them

We all know no man is an island but you don’t need to depend on anyone to succeed. Surround yourself with people who entourage you and think you can do it on your own. If you believe you need other people to succeed chances are you might not succeed.

2. The Gossips

You know what they say, “great minds discuss ideas, average ones discuss events, and small minds discuss people. Don’t associate yourself with people who talk about other people. People who enjoy gossiping also enjoy other people’s failures and successful people want to see others succeed.

3. The victims

People who always see themselves as victims and never own up to their mistakes. Be careful not to fall into their trap by sympathizing with them because it never changes. They don’t see tough times as opportunities to learn and grow from; instead, they see them as an out.

4. The person who brings out your worst version

There’s always that one person in your life who does a great job at bringing out the side of you that is not so positive. If you find yourself being different in an non productive way stop hanging around those people.

5. The Envious

You need people who are supportive of what you are trying to do not people who wish it was them in your position. Even when something great happens to envious people, they don’t derive any satisfaction from it. This is because they measure their fortune against the world’s when they should be deriving their satisfaction from within.