Excerpt From The
PebbleStorm 21-Day Unique
Genius Program
Find Your Life Purpose & Translate It Into
Fulfilling Work That Generates Money
Aaron Ross
With Onna Young & Sandie Samuells
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Energy Vampire Avoidance: Redesign With
Whom You Spend Your Precious Time!
If you only take away one learning, one exercise, one change in behavior
from this course, take this one: you are a reflection of the people you
spend the most time with.
Optimistic, supportive, accepting people will help your Unique Genius
bloom.
Pessimistic, discouraging and judgmental people will kill it.
After spending time with friends, family or coworkers – do you feel
energized, powerful and inspiring – or drained and exhausted?
Are you spending time with toxic people? Energy Vampires, Dream
Killers, Bozos, Crazymakers…? Their toxicity will rub off onto you.
Are you spending time with inspiring people? Their inspiration will rub
off onto you!
Of the people you spend time with (either in person or by phone), who
are the energy vampires? Which ones share, help and contribute?
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Exercise: Redesign Who You Spend Time With
1. Make A List: Who are the 10-15 people you spend the most time
with, or whom you want to spend more time with? (Whether in
person or by phone.) Now add any close family members that you
haven’t put down yet. You can continue the list on another page if
you want to list out even more people.
2. Who Is Positive Influence? In the “+” column, put 0-3
checkmarks with each person depending on how much they inspire,
encourage or support you - whether they mean to or not.
3. Who Is A Negative Influence? In the “-” column, put 0-3
checkmarks with people depending on how much they drain,
discourage or dump on you - whether they mean to or not. If someone is
truly toxic, sketch in a little skull and crossbones – really.
NAME Positive (+) Negative (-)
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4. Action Steps:
a) Circle the 1-5 people who are the most “net-positive” influences
on you.
b) Put a line through the 1-5 people who are the most “net-
negative” influences on you.
c) What are 3 things you can do to minimize your time spent with
the negative people and maximize the time with positive people?
d) With any Dream Killing people who you can’t cut yourself off
from (like family or even a spouse), what kinds of boundaries can
you establish to block off their negative energy as much as
possible?
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