Agreed, Joan. And thanks for the compliments!
The flip-side of this idea is sabotaging one's own success with negative energy. I've seen quite a few instances of that... this summer.
Such as when I was walking through an art fair and asking some of the artists with ship-able goods if they were on the internet. I was amazed, not just at how many said no, but at the fearful reasons they gave.
"I don't want the hassle of someone returning a purchase."
"I don't want someone to steal my idea."
"I tried an ebay auction ONCE, it didn't sell."
"PayPal is too new. I don't trust it yet."
I've seen so many examples of people sabotaging their success potential out of fear of that one thing that could maybe go wrong sometime.