The Six Major Groups You Must Avoid To be Succesful

Building strong relationship is an important requirement for the success of your business, career or family.  For example; you may need mentors, role models, financiers, motivators etc. to succeed. However, there is some clique of people you would rather stay away from (if it is possible) or you may have to manage them properly in order to realize any appreciable success.  Everybody has his/her own group of people they consider hindrance to achieving their goals in life. Therefore, it may not be possible to list all of them in such a small space. Having said that, I am going to discuss 6 major groups of people you will need to manage for you to succeed.

1. The confused: They often do not know what they want or how to achieve it and therefore are the last group you would want to rely on for your success. In most cases they do not think clear and fast enough. Confused guys are always disoriented and find difficulty in paying attention, making decision and remembering anything. Some confused people may act aggressively or exhibit some unusual behavior. You need to understand them but never listen to them, especially when you need to make a decision. Because the best they can do is to confuse you. 
2.  The Lazy: These are the lot who just dislike work; they are poor managers of time and resources.  They are champions in blame game, never take responsibility for anything and are always missing in action. Something (if not somebody) must be responsible for their behavior - addictions to drugs, smoking, drinking,  gambling, chocolate, sex, internet, video games and emails are just but a few things they will blame for their inefficiency. Work is work and therefore do not think you can succeed without working. Whether you work smart or hard, you still need to work. Therefore it is very important to stay away from lazy people who will want you to be like them hence distract you from achieving your drams.
3. Procrastinators:  This lot is sometimes considered lazy but they have one striking characteristic – they will always push things to a later date.  They never sit down to anything as they believe “tomorrow never dies” or “tomorrow is another day”.  Procrastinators have a serious confusion of interest, very weak will-power and are never sure of themselves. They are always wary of utterly anything for fear; of success (the one they have baptized fear of failure), fear of new experience or a wide variety of challenges. In our lives we come across these guys and often tolerate them. However, these people are very distracting and therefore destructive to your success ambition. Keep this as your motto: “If it can be done today, do it immediately” 
4.  Haters: Who likes haters, anyway? You sure have some enemies somewhere, some you know but some you do not know. They do not wish you well and your failure is their happiness if not success. Why they want you to fail shouldn’t concern you because you will always have them. So just keep off these people straight away, don’t struggle to please them – you will never succeed. The 48 laws of power recommend this as a strategy; “Pose as friend, Work as a Spy.” This strategy will help you unearth your enemy’s next move against and therefore, help you plan to counter their move before they can put the trap. However, do not concentrate all your energy, resources and time in battling your enemies, consider them as hurdles which must be passed to be successful, up your game and maintain your dash to success.
5. The incompetent: These people cannot do anything right, they are wasteful, unreliable and therefore, not expected to deliver. They are biased against action and often have plenty of reasons to support their decision not to act, reasons to sit and wait for further direction, more options and opinions. They always put the entire focus on small unnecessary things; they rarely commit to anything and lack priorities. Therefore, be it advice, opinion or any form of help you need, do not contact the incompetent. Always be wary of the “arrogantly incompetent”. They claim to know everything but are actually know nothing. Apply all the performance indicators to unearth this “master of all” deceit.
6. Criminals: I have put this as a last point because I think I do not need to explain it more for you to realize the danger posed by criminals. Even with the common knowledge that; “crime does not pay”, many people still resort to crime in their quest to be successful. By crime, I mean any means of breaching the law – evading taxes, corruption, robbery (with or without violence) etc. Success is a long-term goal and requires long-term inputs. You can’t do crime forever- one day the law will catch up with you.  There is no shortcut to success, so keep away from criminals or the temptation to do any crime.