Are Your Dreams Being Destroyed?
Every so often I love to randomly surf YouTube. It’s such an interesting collection of people, ideas, talents. A lot of it is worthless, but every so often you find something truly amazing.
Yet for every amazing talent you find, you see dozens, if not hundreds (or thousands) trying to tear that person down. In the example above we see an 8 year old playing guitar. Being a tad older than 8 myself I am in awe. My musical talent topped out somewhere around the Kazoo. How could I hope to play something like that? Yet he’s criticized for his rhythm, technique, song, look, and choice of music. And he’s not alone. This 7 year old guitarist receives the same treatment.
Why?
What is it about human nature that causes people to try and tear down success?
It’s no different in business. For every success you have, there will be someone trying to tear you down. The question isn’t how you are going to stop it (you can’t). Or what you should do about it (maybe there’s nothing you can do). But how are you going to chose to respond? Are you going to keep working to innovate? To bring meaning to work? Or are you going to listen to the “haters” and fall back to being average?
You may not be able to stop them. But you control your own response.
photo provided by flickr
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