Listening to an author this morning made me realise an important point for all of us. He was talking about the time he just spoke to 12,000 people in a speech and just had a standing ovation. He felt on top of the world.
Then that night he got home, amongst all of the highly positive social media comments, he saw one hugely negative review from a critic, as if he didn’t know what he was talking about and he didn’t have nothing new to offer on the subject, and the speech was a disaster.
Then the next day, as if angry from this one review, he went on to book reviews everywhere on his 30 books written so far, most had 5 star reviews, for an average of 4.5 (which is very good). He saw a few one star reviews and spent a long time reading the negative reviews.
He wondered why they wrote these awful things, and how they could come to such conclusions. He thought about trying to achieve piece with these people even, and all of this consumed him for weeks. He was unable to write during this period, he became highly negative and his doubt of his own ability started to run his life.
Then one thing changed him in an instant. When he started writing, not everyone liked his work but he kept writing because he believed so much in his work. He remembered not everyone WILL like his work, and the bigger he got and the bigger the audience, the more critics he would get in numbers, it was pointless chasing everyone down just because they didn’t like his work! Instantly, he got back to writing, he wrote for HIS audience, what he believed in and instantly his creativity came back, and a lot more on top!!!
How about the critics that you let run your life? The people who put you off, the people who say you can’t do it, you will never amount to anything, the people who never even gave you the chance, the people who say you may have done well but you’ve “done well enough now, stop now”, the people who pigeon hole you, the people who doubt you can be a success etc etc.
You are committed to being a success or you wouldn’t be even on this page, start and keep believing what you do is right, because i completely believe in you and your massive potential!!!
You DON’T NEED negative critics, all you need is to mix with the people who support you, who look out for you, who encourage you, who push you onto to further heights, who want you to succeed and even give you the resources to do so. Mix and play with YOUR AUDIENCE and BELIEVE in what you do at ALL TIMES, and realise those who support you most are vital to your success now and in the future and never take them for granted.
