Only talk after you have already done

I totally agree w/you 100%

I used to say in the past what I was in the process of wanting to do online..but then always got the dreaded response like:

"That! Why waste your time? It's all pyramid schemes!"

or

"There's no way to earn honest money online w/out stealing someone's life earnings!"

On a few occasions, I even fell into the trap of letting the other person's emotions/feelings lead me astray...

So, after the first half-dozen or so times I said what I was up to...I started to not say a fricking thing and just keep to myself and let my actions speak for themselves!

That is so true and was the cause of my giving up on many projects for many years. I was so excited about it I started to share my excitement with those closest to me and they actually were the one's that encouraged me to "quit" the bulk of the time.

One day I just decided I was going to "do it" and stop talking about it and that is when I started making money.

The nay-sayers from before were now my biggest supporters. I think the reason this is, your family and friends they care about you, but they don't know. They have been told that everything is a scam, that there is no money out there.

The reality is, they are scared and just trying to protect you but what they don't see is that there is money out there and you can be successful online.
This is why I found your post so compelling to reply to because if a newbie has been strongly thinking about sharing there story it would be strongly recommended to wait until your first sale comes through.

Share the joy of your success and you will find more supporters of your journey.

Thanks for sharing this.

This is very good advice.

I think most IM's have probably experienced more than one failure - so, your advice is good

Robert

i think it depends...

You could be missing out on a lot of help, advice, new connections, new ideas, etc if you are not talking about the things you are doing. From my experience it is good to let people know what your doing (just don't over do it).

There are always negative people who will tell you that you can't do it.. You have to learn to ignore these people. I like to just pretend to agree with them while in my mind i'm thinking watch me. But I always keep people informed with what i'm doing. it keeps the floodgates of opportunity open.

I agree (to an extent), but from a different standpoint that primarily applies to when you are just getting started.

I have some bad memories of getting really excited over launching something new and telling everyone all about it -- then having it completely fail. Then everyone's asking me about it, and it ends up being awkward. Now I prefer to talk about projects that have already been completed or launched, so I can say "I just had a launch that went really well! I had X visitors and Y conversion rate over just the first 48 hours!".

I'm the kind of person that's motivated by success and drug down by failure, and having to talk about projects that didn't go so well definitely demotivates me. But that may just be a personal issue

This reminds me of the cock-eyed looks I get when I tell my family what I'm up to. If you are dealing with people who "just don't get it" it's best to stay away from your business venture topics. Especially, if you know that their reactions will negatively affect how you proceed. Most people would never admit it, but we often stop or don't succeed because we're so concerned about what other people think. I'll admit that I do and have done it before.

I dont believe your friends and family will doubt you. I believe that they just dont want to see us fail or hurt, so therefore they will question the chooses we make! But ya gotta keep taking action and keep moving forward. See what your parents say when your making their car payments!

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