Reward

Your Ideas Do Not Suck Despite What People Say, Tweet Or Comment

Garth Beyer

Naysayer!

Zero reviews on Amazon. No comments flowing. You’re lacking “likes” and “retweets.”

Or worse yet, all the reviews are hating on your product. All the comments say your idea sucks. The only shares you’re getting on social media platforms are tweets and posts to remind people to ignore you. Actually, what you need to do is ignore them.

I’ve been regularly writing for a few years now: sharing ideas, expressing opinions, telling things how I see them. I’ve received a lot of hate, a lot of criticism… a lot of silence.

It doesn’t phase me. How?

Something I’ve learned as a writer is the best applause you will receive is the applause you never hear. It’s a weird world; Usually only the naysayers speak up. But trust me, there are people out there that love your work. They’re just quiet about it. If your goal is to get them to speak up, but their not. Only then do you have the right to say your art is shit. Otherwise keep creating, keep shipping, keep ignoring the naysayers.

I’m a firm believer that there’s not an article on the Internet that hasn’t been read without someone nodding their head in agreement. You’ll never know for certain, of course. But that feedback isn’t the reward, is it?

 

Stay Positive & The Only Idea That Sucks Is The Idea You Don’t Share

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What The Real Reward Is

Garth Beyer

the journey is the reward too

Let us not forget the real reward is not what we receive, but what we give. When you ask yourself what you want to get, you might put on a sour face and think of what you will have to do (how much you will have to work) to get what you want. But when you’re asked what you would like to receive. You get a lot happier, don’t you?

One more thought to consider your emotional reaction to: think of how good it is when you’re able to buy or do something for someone who has wanted that particular item or service for awhile. Or perhaps for many of us in business, what someone never knew they wanted.

Don’t forget that feeling. That’s what drives this connection economy.

Writing this blog is my reward. Not page views. Not income from ads (there’s barely any anyway). Not retweets or bookmarks, although greatly appreciated. To further reward myself, I’ll be crowdfunding my journalism on higher education soon. I hope you’ll be there to join me in the reward.

 

Stay Positive & Connect, Give, Prosper

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You’ll Never Reach Success By Being Careful

Garth Beyer
My option for being careful was either to keep a distance and eat raw chicken or put it close and deal with a few burnt parts.

 

A lot of things can happen when you aren’t being careful.

Juice getting spilled on the counter. The cereal bag being ripped down the sides. You curbed the car making that turn. You got pranked with gum that tastes like pepper. The screw was dropped down the drain. You accidentally spelled “duck” wrong in your term paper. And so much more.

Actually, there are so many more things that can happen when you aren’t careful that I just have to continue…

You managed to standout at the board meeting. The reward, the gift, the acknowledgment came to you. You got inspired. A memory that you will always look back on and cherish was created. You got lost and found a new restaurant. You took a risk… and succeeded.

Those who achieve their goals, who make something of their lives, who are “successful” are no more careful than you and I. Actually, they are less careful.

They understand that the more they fit everything into a schedule, the more they are patient and careful with every social interaction, every small contract and every gift, the less creative and energized they are. Less potential is unleashed this way.

In being obsessively careful, you are preventing miracles from happening, putting a stop to unexpected delights and memorable surprises to occur. In being careful you are saying to the world and everyone around you that you want to play it safe, that you don’t want any turbulence and above all that you don’t want to make any risks, even if taking a risk meant succeeding.

 

Stay Positive & Think Twice Next Time You Tell Someone To Be Careful

Garth E. Beyer

 

 

Problems

Garth Beyer

Every problem is like a closed hand, gripped tight, made into a fist and devilishly hard to open.

You would think the solution to the problem is in the hand, you just have to figure out how to open it.

When really, the solution is in you. And once you discover it, the hand opens and what remains is a gift. There is always a gift.

 

Stay Positive & The More Problems Solved, The More Gifts

Garth E. Beyer