I believe its a waste of time thinking all day about what you want to do. I would much rather go ahead and do it, mess it up a little bit and figure it out along the way. This would be perfect if I was “thick skinned” when it comes to criticism. However, I will admit it does get under my skin at times.
When it comes down to concerning myself in the affairs of others, I do not. My philosophy is if they want to know how I think, they can ask me. However, I am not in the business of dishing out unsolicited advice to people.
That being said there are a lot of people who have no problem with sharing their opinion, solicited or unsolicited. If you do things in a public light, many people will have their opinions about what you do and how you do it. This certainly applies if you are running a home internet business.
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.
It is hilarious to read an email that is 2-3 pages long from a stranger as to why I am doing what I am doing. The type of insight that these people must have is truly amazing that they can read my mind. I wish I could read minds like that!
It all reminds me of a song that I enjoyed when I was a kid by Ricky Nelson. Ricky was the son of Ozzie and Harriet. For most of his career he wrote a lot of malt shop 50’s type songs, but in the 70’s he made a shift in his music. One time in October of 71, he performed at a Rock n Roll concert that was held at Madison Square Garden. He had a completely different hairstyle, different clothes and his music was different as well.
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 correctly pointed out “you can’t please everyone, so you gotta please yourself.” I also believe you should add to this “you gotta please the Lord.”
Always remember in the words of Jean Sibelius “there has never been a statue built for critics.” If your critics had a real home internet business they would not have time to criticize you anyway! Do not let them get you down.
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