I think you're wasting your breath Steve.
Haters gonna hate.
Complainers gonna complain.
I was an idiot when I first joined this forum. I think I had just opened the dojo? I was what... 21? Man... that was a while ago.
MJ, Greg, Russ, Dana, Sonya, Kenric (and several others) took pity on me. Gave me plenty of advice, supported me when I was down, pushed me even when I was stressed -- and most importantly challenged my ideas. I'm just attempting to pay it forward.
For the most part... unsuccessfully
"Don't get furious, get curious."
P.S.
If you're one of these angry anti-capitalists, I hope you can see that business is NOT about what you can TAKE. It's about what you can GIVE.
The employee mentality is one of value extraction, and the entrepreneur's mentality is one of value creation.
You'll never be a successful business owner (long term) if you aren't providing more value to the marketplace than you ever would expect in return. You get 90, I get 10. It's an asymmetrical relationship.
That means providing more value to people's lives than anyone else ever would. It's not about taking advantage of people. If you're wearing this chip on your shoulder that says "everyone is out to get me" at all times... then you might do something extremely silly like sign up to go to a book launch... go to the book launch... watch the entire book launch... and then wonder why he asked you to buy his book... at his book launch... for the book launch...
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... book launch.
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