Opinions are Cheap: Watch Where You Shop!
January 24, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Business Advice
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Opinions are cheap everywhere in the world…
If you want to be successful in the online marketplace or any industry for that matter you must watch whose opinion you seek. Opinions are one of the cheapest commodities on planet earth. Everyone has an aresenal of opinions on all topics. Opinions are so common and cheap that 99% of the opinions you will hear in your life are free! In today’s world most voluntarily give away a free commodity to anyone that will listen!?
I’m not about to say this in a mean spirit but it’s true; before you ever share an idea with someone qualify or disqualify them in your head first before you ask their opinion on a topic. Impossible is not a word that I use; ever. (except for here 
) If you ask someone who has lived their whole life in one small town about the idea of starting a tourism company in one of the fastest growing tropical destinations they will probably give you an opinion which involves fear, doubt and uncertainty. It’s not their fault they are merely telling you what they think based on their wordly knowledge and experiences. Ask someone who is in international affairs and has many multinational corporations and they will probably tell you a totally different opinion filled with enthusiasm, hope and opportunity.
Take inventory of yourself; how many times have you shared a grand idea with someone for them to basically shoot it down one step short of ridicule? It’s not possible in their mind so they assume it’s not possible at all. Sadly your family who is hopefully your largest outlet of support is often not a good idea to bounce radical new ideas off of. Unless your parents and family are very open minded self starting entrepreneurs chances are they will only bring about negative possible outcomes because their number one priority above all else is to do their best to ensure you are safe and successful. All that they are familiar with is the life they lived and chances are they plan something similar for you as it’s a safe route they are familiar with. There is nothing wrong with that; it’s just not a great place to bounce radical ideas if you want a different life.
Chances are the friends you are with now are a result of previous attitudes and events. If you have an idea for the future which radically changes who you are both in society and financially and location wise chances are they are not the best people to bounce the idea off. I’m not saying you shouldn’t seek advice; I’m saying be careful whom you seek it from because doubt and fear are like a cancer that will eventually suffocate an idea. Once infected with fear or doubt regarding an idea or endeavor it just tends to spread unless it’s radically extricated. Best away to fight this? Prevention; avoid it; be proactive.
Next time you have a million dollar idea write it down; develop it and wait until the time is right to bounce it off someone you can trust to give you a non biased idea. Choose someone who is worldy and believes in possibilities; not limitations.
If you want to meet many people as such join us at our blog forum; if you ever want to bounce an idea off someone just send a private message to “Bloggeries”; it’s me and I’m always willing to throw in my $0.02 (read paragraph 1 again) .
Best of luck and I feel funny writing the sky is the limit as I’m currently 30,000 feet above the clouds flying over central Canada.
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2 people have left comments
I totally agree with you. When I use to tell my friends and family that I wanted to work at home. They all were very negative claiming it couldn’t be done because everyone else would be doing it. And that everything was a scam.
But I was stubborn enough that I wanted to prove them wrong and I did. And now I’m teaching a lot of my friends
how to work at home now. Isn’t life ironic?
But most people have an employee mentality. So they can’t perceive things outside their isolated world. That’s what separates entrepreneurs from most folks and why they end up being successful. They’re not afraid to think outside the box or to fail.
Eddy
Not being afraid to fail is huge in all aspects of life. Meet anyone who has succeeded and chances are they have some dirt on their knees from a tumble or two along the way!