I am not the type of guy that thinks before I act. I follow the “shoot first and ask questions later” philosophy. This is great if you take criticism and rejection well. Unfortunately I am not that type of person.
I am also not the type of person who likes to get in other peoples business. If they want to know what I think about something, I will let them know. If they need my advice on something, I will tell them but I do not give it unsolicited.
In the home internet business world you will encounter a lot of people who are more than willing to share their opinion with you. They will tell you everything you are doing wrong in your internet marketing business. Many times it will seem like they criticize your every move.
As the owner of a home internet business, you can expect to receive a ton of unsolicited emails from people trying to help you correct your “mistakes”. They have no problems with telling you what they do not like and they assume that what they do not like others do not like it either. In fact, they will even believe that you have some type of “hidden agenda” with anything that you do.
Some of these critics are willing to invest the time to type up long emails to you analyzing your every move and what your “real plan” is. Never mind the fact that they dont know you from Adam. They know everything and you are wrong.
As a child, there was a great song that I used to listen to by Ricky Nelson. Rickys parents were Ozzie and Harriet. Originally he did a lot of music in the style of those malt shop songs from the 50s, but he eventually shifted directions. In 1971 (October to be exact) he ended up doing a Rock ‘n Roll show at Madison Square Garden. However, he now had long hair, bell bottom pants and did a completely different style of music.
In the middle of the show he got booed by the audience. Surprised and discouraged, Ricky left the stage. Later on he shared his thoughts:
“I went to a Garden Party, to reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again.
When I got to the Garden Party, they all knew my name, but no one heard the music- I didn’t look the same.
But it’s all right now. I learned my lesson well. You see you can’t please everyone so you gotta please yourself.”
This became the song “Garden Party” and it made Ricky a fortune, going gold and selling over a million copies. The album cover features Ricky in a black and white tux, holding a guitar in defiance and confidence.
Ricky’s song points out a very important lesson in running legitimate home businesses. That lesson is “you can’t please everyone, so you gotta please yourself.” I would add you also “gotta please The Lord” as well.
The key lesson that I learned from Ricky Nelson is to be true to yourself. After all, if the critics knew what they were talking about, they would be building their own home internet business instead of criticizing yours!
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