Today is a joint video post by myself and Keith from HotBlogTips.com on the need to focus on the positive. The world is full of negativity at the moment and people who are more than willing to put you down and drag you down to their level, we both say ‘Stay Positive’
Keith;
You know you have arrived when the nay-sayers come out of the wood work and begin bashing you for what you are writing. This seems to fit right into my latest posts about negativity reflecting your income.
The best part to me with this particular piece of negative publicity (which I refuse to link to and fall for the bait) is that he compares me to a pretty big name in this niche. I must be doing something right!
If you are going to make it in this business, you have to have thick skin, because there will always be those that disagree with you. Don’t let it affect your attitude or your progress. Keep a positive attitude about it and keep the progress moving forward.
James;
People will always disagree with you whether it be online or off, as long as you’re not putting anyone down, living in the past or out to hurt anyone just do your thing. Let the haters carry on and we’ll see who gets more done, the people who believe in what they are producing and the ones who are bored and taking that boredom out on everyone else. Positive always wins.
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Keith and James,
Many people fear the negativity and I know starting out with my blog whenever I received it I was like ” F off” because I feel I am doing the right thing. But, I then realized that hey I should just listen to people’s criticism. The time when you receive heavy criticism like both you guys (I believe) have, then you are getting people’s attention in a good way. Bloggers are not going to make it far if they just play it safe and really just copy what everyone else is writing about. Boring.
.-= Derek Jensen´s last blog ..Having a Satisfied Daily Life. Use Frustration. =-.
Hey Derek, that’s a good attitude to have people say things to help (mostly) the ones who are out and out to flame you, forget it and move on
Derek, I still want to tell them to “F off”, and usually I would have released hell upon them. But I realized that it would only make me look as stupid as they do.
.-= Keith´s last blog ..Social Media Interview: Mike Stenger =-.
I suspect many people who lash out are as angry at themselves as they are at anyone else. Their frustration with their own lack of results leads them to blame failure (which is just a test result!) on someone else.
Having failed a few times, I’m here to say it’s better to pick up and keep running than to dwell on it… or worse, lash out.
.-= Dave Doolin´s last blog ..Road Ahead – David Risley got me to spill the beans =-.
Yeah exactly brother, keeping moving keeps you warm, lash out and stamp your feet and you end up stood on the same spot for the next couple of years
Let them lash out, I say. Is it possible to completely ignore it? I usually can’t, but it it won’t affect my progress, I refuse to let it!
.-= Keith´s last blog ..Email Marketing: The Spawn Of Satan! =-.
Yeah brother lets get out there and do our thing, hell maybe one day people will put us in the same bracket as Chris B!
.-= theinfopreneur´s last blog ..The Right People To Follow =-.
Just go out there and keep doing what you’re doing as long as people are coming back and happy with your service. If someone doesn’t like it, there’s a reason and if it’s just to cut you down, cut them off and move on.
.-= Eric´s last blog ..Where Do You Want To Go And Who Should You Listen To? =-.
That’s exactly how it should be done, it’s crazy to think that some people actually think they can stop you in your tracks, why would they even bother
.-= theinfopreneur´s last blog ..10 Ways To Stop Doubting Yourself =-.
You’d think people would just quit trying to do that but to some people it’s a game they’d rather just play and see how far they can take it.
.-= Eric´s last blog ..Where Do You Want To Go And Who Should You Listen To? =-.
he is so right. when people feed on what we right, upset them you know you are doing something right? I felt that some time ago, but although negative isn’t always good you can turn it around. Awesome job.
Here here!! Couldn’t agree more fella’s!
.-= Phil Johnson´s last blog ..Food for Thought =-.
Some of you guys have hit the nail right on the head! There are a lot of truths being said out loud (typed out loud?)
I’ve come to realize that people who try to drag me down are actually pretty down on themselves. Friends, relatives, strangers on the internet … anyone, really. If they’re taking the time out of their lives to make remarks about ME, they probably have an awful lot of spare time on their hands, and it’s usually not worth my while to get upset over it.
On the other hand, every now and then a comment or insult hits home, and that little spark of negativity is enough to help me pick up the pace with the project I’m working on, or maybe gets me to try doing something a new way. In those cases, the negativity actually winds up helping me.
Hey Steve spot on man, I use it this way too just hammer it home and really go for it!