Comments on: You can’t make everyone happy – stop trying

By: jasi

jasi — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 03:38:28 +0000

Nonsense, “surface” criticism is so embarrassing to watch. Do people not realize how obvious their own insecurities and faults become when they blast someone else?

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 03:16:41 +0000

Derek, I was impressed with your knowledge and willingness to share from the moment I first read and heard what you had to say. You are a wealth of good information, so I disagree with anyone saying you a loudmouth. I actually admire you for your drive and enthusiasm. I want some of that for my own business, so I can reach more people and win more business. Keep up the awesome work.

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 20:28:37 +0000

yep, trying to make everybody happy is a road to nowhere, have to take a stand on something and argue for it.

By: Dare

Dare — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 10:24:33 +0000

The more successful you are are..or becoming, the more jerks will come your way.

It’s just natural, people tend to envy you when you are climbing the ladder of success.

Bill cosby said, he doesn’t know the secret to success, but the secret to failure is trying to please everybody!!

Thanks for sharing Derek, as I’ m gradually building my blog consulting business….learning from you.

By: Brooke Rothman

Brooke Rothman — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:43:20 +0000

I love all the comments about you yelling, Derek. Cracks me up. If you’ve ever been to a Tony Robbins event you know he yells up a storm. This is so what he’s saying shakes you up and makes an impact. You definitely make an impact and what you have to say is smart and useful.

OK, so I had an anonymous comment come through on my last blog, which was more of a personal journal that mainly my friends read than anyone else. It was rude and meant to hurt me. And it did for a few minutes. But then I realized that this one person’s opinion (who was most likely an estranged friend of mine) did not overshadow all the comments I had received about how my blog was insightful and inspirational. Once I realized that, it was business as usual. A few months later I saw Brene Brown speak at The World Domination Summit in Portland. She was talking about all the criticism she has received about her shame research and how she doesn’t even read anonymous comments anymore. If you’re not in the “arena” fighting the fight, she doesn’t care what you have to say. Honestly, I don’t either anymore. There will always be people who don’t like you or what you do. The trick is to take any nugget of gold from what they have to say (because we can always grow and improve) and then refocus your attention on the people who really matter, the people you can impact.

By: STEVEN J. FROMM, ATTORNEY, LL.M. (TAXATION)

STEVEN J. FROMM, ATTORNEY, LL.M. (TAXATION) — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 12:26:48 +0000

I have read only a few of your posts so I do not see what she means. In any event, we should not worry about how people think or act. We need to keep our side of the street clean and make sure we are doing good things and helping out, trying to live a solid and respectful life. The rest is just noise.

By: Jim Wang

Jim Wang — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:44:49 +0000

The more people you reach, the more jerks you reach. Cost of doing business, right?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 06:08:02 +0000

I totally agree Derek!
If you continue to trying to make everybody happy, then you will fail at making anyone happy. Sometimes it is better to lose one subscriber, than to lose 10’s of subscribers due to trying to make everyone happy.

By: Effy

Effy — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 11:44:13 +0000

In terms of your point about script fonts – I have three choices of restaurants to order from that are close to my office. 2 have regular menus and 1 has a fancy script menu. When I order from the script one I actually need to reformat their menu in Word before I can decipher what it says.

So sometimes it’s not just that it seems harder, but it is harder. Anyway, you can imagine how often I order from them…

By: Greg Agustin Jr.

Greg Agustin Jr. — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:47:48 +0000

Cool Derek,

Totally agree with your message. I believe that we all need to share our message with others, and of course there will be some that won’t resonate with it. These people might not relate to me, but will relate to someone else.

Now, my message is not for them.. so the focus should be on those that ARE listening.