Have you ever felt like other people are judging you or criticizing what you are doing in your business? We have all been there. What we don’t realize is that all businesses will get unsolicited opinions and critical thoughts from people in general. You’re not alone. Your beloved local businesses are a great example—some really great establishments may even get a “bad review” every once in a while. Those comments aren’t going to kill the business. However, a common mistake that business owners starting out make is believing that they’re alone. I am here to tell you that you are not alone. Here are my top 5 tips for dealing with the haters.
Tip #1 Ignore Them
Who asked for their opinion anyway? The answer is usually nobody. Enough said.
Tip #2 Run your business like a business, not a hobby
Most people view becoming an entrepreneur or a new business owner as a “side gig” or “part-time” thing, and treat it casually. However, I always saw it differently. I knew that the way you look at things dictate how things manifest. I always thought of my entrepreneurial endeavors as a BUSINESS. My intent was clear from the beginning that I would grow my business to reach a certain level of financial independence.
So naturally, when I spoke to people and still speak to people today, people view me as a business woman, not an enthusiast or someone who does something “on the side” like a hobby or something.
When connecting with clients and potential business partners you have got to be selective like I was. If you want people to look at you and treat you differently, then place importance in how you show up.
Tip #3 Prove The Haters Wrong
I love it when people tell me that I can’t do something because it motivates the heck out of me to go out there and do it. There was a time I attended a national conference and was told outright I couldn’t sit in the seats in the front row because I hadn’t reached a certain level of success. Although I was already successful making a multiple six figure income, I hadn’t reached the level required to sit next to my friend. Can you imagine?
While it may not seem like a big deal, it made me so upset at the time that I never came back to another conference until I reached the level that would allow me to sit in the front row with my friend. When someone tells me I can’t do something, I am inspired to go out there and PROVE THEM WRONG.
It is my belief that the one of the best things that someone can do for themselves is focus the energy you feel from something a “hater” is saying and put your energy into making life happen. It’s easy to be someone sitting in the stands being a spectator at life. It is completely different to be playing the game of life.
Create in abundance and build a success story will make others think.
Tip #4 – Practice Being Grateful
I am such a grateful person. If we focus on and practice gratitude, we absolutely attract more things to be grateful for.
Although it can be tough to feel grateful at times due to one bad experience with someone, but don’t allow that to cancel out all of the amazing energy who have your back cheering you on. Don’t let that ONE negative person bring the whole group’s vibe down!! Life is too short! 🙂
I have experienced this multiple times in building my business and in life in general. And being grateful allows you to focus on all the positive people, instead of attracting more drama and negativity.
Dan and I have hundreds of amazing client success stories and testimonials. There will sometimes be one person we can’t make happy no matter how hard we try or what we do to serve and support them.
Even if we went over to their house to review their business plan with them, gave them a gift for a spa treatment, took them out for dinner and bought a $100 bottle of wine, they would still be dissatisfied.
As cliché as it sounds, happiness really does come from within and there is no person or experience outside of oneself that can make anyone happy.
No matter what you do for situations like this, you would never be able to please that type of person. And it’s nothing to blame them for or feel guilty about yourself.
There are people out there that we just cannot please no matter what.
Don’t let those people negate all of the other amazing and powerful things going on for you and around you.
So focus on the greatness. By focusing on the great things we have, we will attract and get more greatness from others and the world.
Tip #5 – Share success stories and testimonials
Since most people are employees, sometimes people don’t understand what it is that you are doing.
If you have people who are judging you or have negative feedback, it’s a sign that they are interested in what you are doing in some way. So show them what you are doing.
When I first left my successful spa businesses to go full-time in my network marketing business, a lot of people thought I was crazy.
Instead of taking things personally, I leaned into it. I shared success stories and testimonials from people using our products and from people having success with our business opportunity.
Social media didn’t exist at the time, so I shared by word of mouth and spreading the word to people in my network. Today, I use social media to do the same thing.
By showing people what I was leaving my spa businesses to go do, it helped address a big question mark in people’s heads. They simply didn’t understand why and what was going on. My goal was to help them understand.
And it worked.
The same people who were being critical or had strong opinions eased up. And people in general became less interested judging me. What I have learned over the years is that criticism and judgment sometimes comes from being unaware or lacking education on a particular subject or situation.
So don’t be shy, share testimonials and success stories! People love stories. Share what you are doing with people.
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