If Your Success Program Fails

"They Said It Would Make Me Successful But It Didn't.  What Should I Do Now?"

You purchased a success program of some type and did what you could to make it work.  But it still didn't work for you.  What can or should you do now?  Here's some options for you to think about.

You have choices on what you can or should do next but before that you should first understand how you feel.  Here's a few emotions for you to choose from:

• Anger

• Resentment

• Disappointment

• Discouragement

• Distrust

• Deception

• Violation

• Hate

You can probably think of even more less polite terms if you wanted to but that's not the point.  You need to understand why it didn't work for you and there can be several reasons for that.

Why It Didn't Work

You bought the program because it seemed like the best thing for you.  But you may have been feeling more than thinking about it.  You were convinced that it was absolutely the best thing for you and paid for it.

They even delivered it either almost instantly over the Internet or through the mail.  You anxiously awaited its arrival and then dove into it as soon as possible.

What did you do next?  Did you study it from beginning to end?  Did you stop somewhere in the middle thinking this was not for you?  Even if you finished it, did you begin to follow the instructions given?

If you had some mixed feeling about it then it may just not have been the right success solution for you.  If you didn't follow everything they told you then it's not completely their fault.  You were looking for a solution.

And they tried to sell you a solution but it could have been a mismatch.   Perhaps you didn't know that sales was involved and you hated doing that.  Or that you had to put more money up front to continue.

You didn't know either because they didn't tell you right away or you didn't find out soon enough.  You may have not been able to find out any more but took a chance.

What to Do Next

Ask yourself if this success program was really the right one for you or whether you just didn't use it properly or even wanted to use it.

Be as honest with yourself as you can.  You should end up with one of the following answers:

• I hate it and everything about it

• I don't think I can do what they want me to do

• It just feels wrong to me

• It's more work than I expected

• It costs more than I wanted to pay

Whatever the reason you have you should ask for your money back if there was a guarantee.  Many programs provide a guarantee but most people simply don't ask for their money back.

And there is reason why they don't.  Most people are embarrassed to ask.  They feel that if they ask for a refund then it is not the program that failed but them.

But you usually don't have to even speak with anyone to ask for your money back.  It may only require that you send an e-mail message stating that you are not pleased with the product.  Or a simple telephone call.

There Are Other Ways

If you didn't find the right way to succeed this time you still can.  There are many other ways for you to choose from and the right one is waiting for you.

Don't think that because THAT way didn't work means you have failed.  Or that all the rest are of no value.  What it really means is that you made an attempt and this one was not the right way for you.

You have already proven to yourself that you want success and you should be proud of that.  You have to keep looking for the path that is best for you.

Don't stop on your quest for success.  Each wrong turn brings you only that much closer to ...

the success that you seek.

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