Be Careful What you Say!

Be Careful What you Say!
"Death and life is in the power of the tongue." So says the
Bible in Proverbs 18 verse 21. Many examples could be used
to show the truth of that statement. One example is the
numerous studies that show that 75-85% of people in prison
today were constantly told, "you will never amount to
anything. You'll probably end up in jail." And sure
enough, they did. Be careful what you say!

The REAL John Abbott

A more personal example for me concerns my name. My name
really IS John Abbott. I have a website and an email
address that uses my name. As my business grew, and I was
speaking around the country, people would ask if my name
was "really" John Abbott, like on "The Young and the
Restless" soap opera.

I don't watch much tv, and I definitely don't watch soap
operas! But, because of my name, I learned the character,
John Abbott, was the wealthy owner of Jabbo Cosmetics on
this tv show. As a JOKE, I started mentioning in my
talks(or when I made a new friendship) that I was gonna sue
"them" (the Young and the Restless people) for using MY
name without my permission.

Paranoid CBS "kills" John Abbott

Well, newsflash to CBS, I was kidding! It was fun to think
about taking them to court for using my name without
permission. and all the publicity it could generate for ME
and for THEM. But it was a Joke!

But CBS, apparently "heard" one of my talks, and, afraid of
a potential lawsuit, "kills" John Abbott! Not me. but
"their" character John Abbott. So, because of my kidding
and CBS' paranoia, I have millions of "Young and Restless"
fans mad at me! They blame me! I "killed" John Abbott!
Again, be careful what you say!

I can live with the wrath of soap opera fans. And I think
the above story is kind of funny. But our final example is
of a young man who actually "killed" his internet business
with words!

An "almost" Superstar No names will be given, but a few
years ago, a bright young man had a growing, successful
internet business. As I recall, he was making hundreds of
thousands of dollars, and was in his early twenties. He was
slated to me, the next "super star, wealthy marketer!

Unfortunately, our young man(we'll call him "Bill" not his
real name) got a little cocky and posted some unkind
comments about another internet marketer on a very popular
internet forum. To make a long story short, "Bills"
comments were unjustified and just plain mean. People
jumped on the forum to post comments that slammed "Bill"
and defended the one he criticized.

Sadly, "Bill," rather than apologizing, got even more
arrogant and even more critical. Maybe it was because he
was so young and inexperienced in lifes ways, but this was
the wrong thing for young "Bill" to do. Since the forum he
chose to air slander was so popular, and the one he
mailigned was also popular, "Bills" business dropped to
literally nothing-almost overnight. That was several years
ago, and "Bill", the young man with so much potential,
destined to be a marketing superstar, is still living in
ananimity. Be careful what you say! Life and death IS in
the power of the tongue! This man "killed" his business by
being critical.

Speak NO Evil This reminds me of something that internet
marketing legend Terry Dean once told me. He said he was
never going to speak ill towards his fellow internet
marketers. "I have no "compettiton, " he said. " Just
future Joint Venture "partners!" What a great attitude.

So, be careful what you say, especially in public(or public
forums.) Life and death IS in the power of the tongue.
Let's be like Terry Dean and speak life.

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John Abbott(yes that is his REAL name) totally changed his
financial life when he learned the "Secrets of Real Estate
Millionaires." You can learn the same secrets at:
http://www.johnabbott.com