Growth Mode

The Effects of Toxic Positivity


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I didn’t get into the self-help world until I was 22 and after that, I was pretty much hooked.

My dad gave me the book “Success Through Positive Mental Attitude” by Napoleon Hill because it practically changed his life.

That book didn’t hit as hard for me, but I picked up Think and Grow Rich and that just clicked.

It brought to me the concepts of being positive, affirmations, and the idea that I could Mary Poppins my way to success - think happy thoughts, fly up to the ceiling and life would be good and, on the contrary, think sad thoughts, you come down off the ceiling, and now you have to go home. 

I really thought I could affirm myself to success. Say “I’m a badass. I’m awesome. I’m amazing” 10 times in the mirror and success would magically pop out of thin air, and I’d be off to the promised land.

I mean, that’s how it was literally taught to me.

You know, like Stuart Smalley from Saturday Night Live?

He would sit in front of a mirror and say to himself, “I’m good enough. I’m smart enough. And gosh darn it, people like me!”

That ain’t it, folks. 

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Success Champions Networking

If you want to grow and scale your business you need to be getting into great conversations with other business owners that can help you take your business to the next level. Joining an online business peer group like Success Champions provides access to a select pool of successful business people from around the world, each having a well-established network who trust them, who want to introduce you to people that can help you build the business of your dreams. So once you get to know your fellow members and they’ve gotten to know you along with your services and ethics, the conversations you get into will multiply!

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Growth ModeBy Donnie Boivin

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