How to Avoid Criticism - Do Nothing

How to Avoid Criticism - Do Nothing
By Karen S Musselman

"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing." -Aristotle

You are your biggest critic. And if you want to know how to avoid criticism, the best thing you can do is Nothing.

If you're an online marketer, you need to have a pretty thick skin. You have to know how to accept criticism for:

• The company you're affiliated with
• How you look
• How you talk
• What your ideas are
• How you market
• How you advertise
• Your opinions

And if you can't take criticism from others, you're never going to succeed in any online business. Why?

Because online marketing or Internet marketing is a people business. You have to get involved, network with other business owners, listen to criticism, whether good or bad, and take it with a grain of salt.

But sometimes your harshest critic is You. And it can really hold you back from your success online!

What are the things that are keeping you out of the online spotlight? Here are some of the things I deal with every day. They may be the same things you deal with too. Well, get over it and get out there!

1. Nobody's going to like what I have to say.
2. All the top gurus have talked about this stuff already, why would anyone listen to me?
3. My hair looks like crap.
4. I'm too fat.
5. I don't have anything important to say.
6. I don't have anything to say.
7. I just don't feel like it.

I'll be honest with you, #7 is my biggest downfall. I deal fight with clinical depression every day. Some days are better than others; and lately, I just haven't felt like doing anything.

I literally feel like I have no passion for anything, seriously. So I've been slipping - a lot - taking too many "mental health days" and literally doing nothing.

It's a daily struggle for me to think about what to blog about and what to talk about, so I do nothing. That is not the formula for success!

That's my self criticism. No passion, no desire to do anything, and then I get frustrated because I'm not as successful as I want to be. But it's my own fault.

I can't blame anyone else, so I won't. But hey, I can talk about it, right? And I can blog about it. And I can do a video about it.

The bottom line is, I'm thick skinned enough to handle criticism from my viewers and from other marketers. Now I have to stop being so critical of myself and stop being a do nothing marketer or I'll only have myself to blame for not reaching my goals.

And so do you! Don't worry about what anyone else has to say or keep doing nothing to avoid criticism. Just get out there! Believe me, you will inspire people!

Karen Musselman works from home and provides "Online Marketing Help Without the Hype," and the importance of video marketing at her blog, "Working at Home with KSMusselman,, where she also has training videos for members of the marketing company she's a member of. Stop by Karen's blog today for more online marketing help.

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