I was sipping coffee on my back deck, reading my success magazine, with the featured article about Tim Ferris this month which came at the right time. Right after I had sent out a survey from the 6 figure MLM summit to get feedback from the hundreds of people who joined me for 14 days as experts gave free advice and tips to building a business online.
Several of the speakers charge $30,000 to show up at a event to speak and they gave me 30 mins of their time and shared great valuable information for free. There was no charge for the summit and the information was available for anyone who wanted to listen in.
The behind the scenes of building a 21 expert summit takes a marketing management team effort to get all the content out on the table and formatted to look and sound good for the listeners. I could not have done it alone, and without my business team, who no one saw in the background doing the work that makes the event show up, I wouldn’t have looked as amazing as I did with this huge event.
We all know that critics have always existed and they will be loud and voice their opinions no one even really cares to hear about however, they still do. Out of all the amazing power positive comments there was ONE negative. Seriously one…. and that one comment I read more than once. As we all do when someone says something yucky.
I had ask the question “If I was to offer you the chance to learn how to grow your biz to over 6 figures in one of the ways you mentioned in Q#4 would this interest you?”
Don’s reply was this:
‘No. I’ve researched Anglea Brooks. She steals money from people by not delivering as promised. I’m very sorry I gave you the honor of even subscribing to your to your events.’
I looked at the question to see what I could learn from this negative person and looked at my status of his account and he had opened the emails all more than one and inhaled all the free content.
In my business and I hope yours too – you look to serve people and give them your best. In the beginning we will all stumble and fall and make messes along the way until we have a team behind us to make things look smooth and flawless. I was troubled by how I had not served this person well and then I got the success magazine and found Tim’s article.
Tim Ferriss said in one of his past articles “It’s not about how many people don’t get it; it’s about how many people get it,” Ferriss says. “The vast majority, the silent majority, will actually like your stuff, and the minority who dislike your stuff, or dislike everything, will be the loudest.” (see the video interview here)
Ole Don’s comment got the boot and I removed his negative comment from my mind. Seriously with all the comments from people who got it and understood the message the summit was sending – his comment could not waste any more of my time.
Hater’s are gonna hate…. keep growing anyway.
I wish I had read this last week Saturday… really needed it. Had a 60 day sale and it all went well, except for the one client who went from unhappy because I was delayed (due to sickness) to downright overstepping boundaries and launching personal attacks.
I remember that every time I do something that would soon change my business, I get a challenge like that shaped to make me delay and stop.
Thanks for this reminder, clearing my head and rinsing out the negative words.
You will always have those people. No matter how well you perform someone will try to cut you down.
It is a learning moment – not a delay.
Learn something from it and move forward.