Do you know an Eeyore, or maybe even have one in your business? It’s a complete wonder to me, how Eeyore’s would even make an attempt in any kind of business.
In case you might not know who Eeyore is, Eeyore is one of the Disney characters from the “Winnie The Pooh” movies . If you have children, you’ve probably seen one or more of these movies. Eeyore was the very
complaining and negative donkey friend of Winnie the Pooh.
Only Eeyore could walk out into a beautiful sunny day, and utter those infamous words, “Oh, it will probably rain anyway.”
Eeyore struggled to see the good in anything, but he could always point out to you all the negative things that could happen and maybe even just might happen.
He walked with his head hanging down and his ears dropped to the floor. He almost always had a frown on his face and never just walked, but kind of shuffled along.
Do you know anyone like that? They aren’t very pleasant people to be around, as a matter of fact, they usually don’t have very many friends, and you certainly don’t want one in your business.
These are people who belong to the 97% group. The 97% of people who live their lives in the box, and never venture out of the front yard for fear of getting attacked or sunburn, or having a tree fall on them, or any number of malady’s that just maybe could happen.
Fear is a terrible prison to live in. It can control you to the point of total incarceration, and being unable to move through the normal routines of life. People who fear everything have a hard time making the simplest decisions and choices and never ever offer any ideas of their own, just complain about yours.
Eeyore’s are looking at things from the confines of their box. They have to stand on their tip toes just to see over the top, let alone see something way down the road. They look at things through the glasses of pessimism not perseverance.
They are the Debbie Downers of the modern world. When you see them in a business presentation, run from them as fast as you can. They can spread like a cancer in your business and they are not the people you want to build an organization around. 
Eeyore’s were around Thomas Edison telling him that his crazy scheme of an electric light bulb will never work. Thank God for his perseverance and his ability to shut their noise out and continue to move forward until his vision came to light. (no pun intended)
There are no Eeyore’s or Debbie Downers in entrepreneurship. If you are an entrepreneur you are not an Eeyore, at least I’ve never met one.
Some of the most dynamic and down to earth people are entrepreneurs. They are the visionaries of the world. They are the ones that walk out into a cloudy day and say, “I see the sun trying to break through.” They see the glass half full instead of half empty. They say, “why can’t we do that?”
Robert Kennedy said, “some men see things as they are and say why, I dream things that never were, and ask why not.” That’s a visionary.
I grew up in a home of Eeyore’s and Debbie Downers, and even today when we get together for holidays and dinners, I hate to admit it, but it’s so hard to be around all the negativity in the room.
We all go through those times of being a little down and struggling, but we persevere through those times and you continue to move forward. Don’t park yourself there, keep going toward your goals. You’re paving the way for others, and defeat or quitting is not an option.
Always continue to move toward your goals, and don’t listen to the Eeyore’s or Debbie Downers in your life. Don’t quit until you reach what you can see.














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