Are you holding yourself back?

Do you make the following statement?

"Oh!  I'm a very outspoken person"

"I don't really care what they think?"

There is a fantastic book written by Dale Carnegie called HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE.  The book has sold over 15 million copies and was written in 1936.  The title of the book says it all.  I've learned so much about how my personality affects people around me, and I came to a realization that a few personality types hold us back, let me give you a few:

Being stubborn
This type of personality seems not to be open to change.  It's a "don't care what they think" personality.  Sticking to what's been done over and over again.  Does any of this sound familiar?

Outspoken
This type of personality is very interesting to me.  Always having an opinion that seems to shock everybody around.  The persons vocabulary is loaded with the first thing that pops in their head and they are not afraid to let others know.  You'll also notice the persons friends speaking about them when they are not around always saying the following: "Oh!  (insert name) is very outspoken".

Pessimist
Always seeing the negative in EVERYTHING.  Name the topic, this persons personality can find anything wrong with anything.  Nothing seems to be right, nothing in life works and the want you to know.

Those are 3 personalities that can work for you or against you. The key is knowing when to use them.  It's exactly like speaking with a very positive person.  You can be positive most of the time, yet at times they can get mad or negative, the difference between the optimist and the pessimist is the positive type can snap out of the negative quite quickly.

So the basic moral of the story is, know when to use a negative personality, if you classify yourself as a pessimist, outspoken or stubborn person you could be putting up a wall around yourself that can prevent greatness from entering your life.

Answer this question:
Is changing your personality for the better going to hold you back?  And if so how?

Yes, there is such a thing as being yourself, I'm not saying change everything about yourself.  It's a matter of improving yourself.

Stay motivated
Shane C.