Negating the Negative
It can be rugged starting a small business. All of my life I’ve had to battle against the negative feedback of others. I’ve had to endure people telling me what I could and could not achieve in life. These were not necessarily people who were trying to put me down or discourage me (although I’ve had to deal with a few of those, too). Often they were well-intentioned people who didn’t want to see me fail, or worried that I might waste my time and money.
They were also people who didn’t think creatively. They saw scarcity, rather than abundance, risks instead of opportunity, barriers rather than challenges. Sometimes I’ve allowed this type of limited, negative thinking to influence my decisions. Other times I’ve ignored the naysayers. Occasionally the negative view was correct, and caution was the best course. Usually, though, I found that the negative feedback was wrong. Often it was because the person giving me the advice simply didn’t understand the potential in an opportunity.
Had I listened to the negative feedback, I might never have achieved my best successes.
