After a long rainstorm in the desert, I watched little drops of runoff splashing off a rock

face into little indentations in each rock. Each drop fell exactly in the same place as the

drop before and over the years the procession had dug a tiny hole into the stone. I looked around

at the other rocks in the area and saw that they too were pockmarked by the slow but steady effects

of erosion over the years. Poor relationships can be like that rain. We start out on a course of

learning and self-improvement with the best of intentions, but little by little our efforts are

undermined by the associations that we choose. We do, however, have an advantage over those rocks.

We can move. Maybe you've allowed your efforts to be sabotaged by wrong friends, wrong thoughts,

negative input of some sort and kind, but you have a choice. You can choose to stand in the rain

of negativity and slowly be worn down by it or you can find shelter, a support group of like-minded

people, a good book, podcast, program, minister, mentor, coach, a helpful and positive friend.

Be aware of all the negative rain in your life. If even a stone can be worn down over time by

consistent falling rain, how much more must we be aware of the influences in our lives?

Seek out that which is edifying and find shelter from that which can erode your resolve.

God protect me from the negative influences which erode my beliefs, help me protect myself,

surround me with that which is positive, edifying and uplifting. This is from one of my favorite books,

Language of Letting Go by Melanie Beatty. I have a feeling you needed to hear this today and

everything else that I'm about to share with you. If you're tired of hearing the same old

basic mindset and motivational fluff talk, you've come to the right show. Welcome to Project B with

Tiffany Carter the podcast where we dish on everything from managing that crazy brand of yours

to manifesting abundance to my straightforward actionable steps that will make you major money

Now I'm not your typical multi-millionaire entrepreneur. It takes a small village to keep my

...