So you’ve been telling everyone about this genius idea you’ve got, obviously your mum, dad, and other family members tell you what you want to hear. But what  about the others? The ones who genuinely  think your idea is not that great after all and your missing a big piece of the puzzle, or the ones that are envious of your idea and the fact that your taking steps to make it a reality. How do you entertain both sides without looking like the worlds greatest jackass? Well your going to have to do a lot of listening. Listen patiently to every single soul that has an opinion about your idea.  After your intense listening section, thank your critic for the welcomed opinion. It’s important to take every opinion seriously, at this point you should go back to the drawing board and work out what your critics expressed to you about your idea, no matter how absurd it may be.

Most times there’s usually at least a grain of truth in the field of advice and opinions that will be cultivated your way. The key is to pick those grains from the sea of jealousy, envy , and fear that will inevitably surround them. Once you’ve gone through that difficult stage, you’ll have to analyze and compare your idea with the advice given, is it as viable as you first thought? Only you can truly answer that question. Going forward with your idea or not will be the next difficult decision you’ll have to face.  In whichever way your decision sways know in your head your still a winner, this is a classic example of a win win situation. Say you decide to scratch the idea and not go ahead with it anymore, you won’t have failed but you won’t have succeeded either, but at least you’ll still have a roof over your head and a decent credit score. Or you decide to go ahead with your idea and it becomes a success or even if it fails you’ll still gain something valuable, just consider it an expensive lesson on how this idea won’t work.