Chapter 17. You Can't Do It? That's the Wrong Way to Think!

It's time for a pep talk, you and me. Ready? You're not going to want to hear this, but I'm going to tell you anyway. Here we go.

You can do it.

Yes, you can.

Do yourself a favor. Remove the can't from your vocabulary right now, because if you don't, you're going to have an awful time finding success in your life, in business, and especially on the Web. Period. End of story. So unless you're telling me you want to be unsuccessful, then you must listen to my advice and digest it and then live it. Really live it. It can't be faked.

You have to change the way you think. Far too many people go through life with a negative can't attitude and because of it, they never accomplish much of anything, let alone anything remarkable.

I know you don't want to be that person.

Not convinced? Maybe you'd like to hear some stories from some people who beat the odds (physical and otherwise) and removed the word can't from their lives. Yes, this is intended to make you feel guilty.

Ludwig van Beethoven was deaf. But he is regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.

Lance Armstrong had testicular cancer. Then he won the Tour de France five more times.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt had polio. He's also the only U.S. president to serve four terms.

Oprah Winfrey was born in the South in 1954 and though she had a fairly traumatic childhood, she rose up to become a prominent talk show host and businesswoman. Oh yeah, she's also got more money than ...

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