Comments on: Are you an opiniophobe? http://damiensden.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/are-you-an-opiniophobe/ Inside My Pineapple Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:53:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Are you afraid of other people's opinions and criticisms? | Alvin Lim - The Dreamer http://damiensden.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/are-you-an-opiniophobe/#comment-2026 Are you afraid of other people's opinions and criticisms? | Alvin Lim - The Dreamer Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:30:35 +0000 http://damiensden.wordpress.com/?p=8072#comment-2026 [...] to my RSS feed. Thanks for dropping by!Just recently, a friend of mine wrote a post called “Are you an opiniophobe?“. In this post, he talks about people who have this phobia towards opinions from other [...] [...] to my RSS feed. Thanks for dropping by!Just recently, a friend of mine wrote a post called “Are you an opiniophobe?“. In this post, he talks about people who have this phobia towards opinions from other [...]

]]> By: Alvin Lim http://damiensden.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/are-you-an-opiniophobe/#comment-1988 Alvin Lim Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:27:50 +0000 http://damiensden.wordpress.com/?p=8072#comment-1988 It happens all the time to me. People sometimes say my blog post is negative, or my comic is not funny at all. And it's very easy to just say "u don like it, don read!" or "go screw urself, i don need ur opinions" or "as if u know what i am doing". But before I say those things or even think like that, there's one question i need to ask myself - will it help by actually feeling/acting overly protective? How can I improve if i don get feedback or opinions? Well , i can, if i stay alone in this world or I don expect my work to be useful. the more i think about it, the more i feel it's very important to be open-minded enuf to get opinions/feedbacks...be it +ve or -ve. They wil help me in the long run. I know sometimes, certain people will be so destructive that they say nothing good and can be quite rude too "wah lau, what nonsense are u drawing man, it's crap" or "you draw like you're a 5-year-old kiddo". Yes, those can be very damaging and they do sting. :P What we need to learn is how to ignore those destructive ones, and get the positive ones out. :) <strong>To build an entrepreneur mindset, you have to be prepared to accept that sometimes your best efforts will not be appreciated. You have to learn to let go, and direct your efforts to those who do appreciate your work.</strong> It happens all the time to me. People sometimes say my blog post is negative, or my comic is not funny at all. And it’s very easy to just say “u don like it, don read!” or “go screw urself, i don need ur opinions” or “as if u know what i am doing”. But before I say those things or even think like that, there’s one question i need to ask myself – will it help by actually feeling/acting overly protective? How can I improve if i don get feedback or opinions? Well , i can, if i stay alone in this world or I don expect my work to be useful.

the more i think about it, the more i feel it’s very important to be open-minded enuf to get opinions/feedbacks…be it +ve or -ve. They wil help me in the long run.

I know sometimes, certain people will be so destructive that they say nothing good and can be quite rude too “wah lau, what nonsense are u drawing man, it’s crap” or “you draw like you’re a 5-year-old kiddo”. Yes, those can be very damaging and they do sting. :P What we need to learn is how to ignore those destructive ones, and get the positive ones out. :)

To build an entrepreneur mindset, you have to be prepared to accept that sometimes your best efforts will not be appreciated. You have to learn to let go, and direct your efforts to those who do appreciate your work.

]]> By: gapnap http://damiensden.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/are-you-an-opiniophobe/#comment-1987 gapnap Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:18:32 +0000 http://damiensden.wordpress.com/?p=8072#comment-1987 well i admit i am in one of those "NO!" straight away kinda guy (you know me)...maybe not too extreme.. yeah i know it is bad for me .. but heck , life will be too boring if everybody wants to remain neutral .. just making this world a lil bit more colorful :P <strong>I'm not very neutral myself. I would defend an opinion with facts and will tell a person point blank if he doesn't have his facts right. But I have no problem letting people air their opinion and preferences. Its part of what's required in my business anyway.</strong> well i admit i am in one of those “NO!” straight away kinda guy (you know me)…maybe not too extreme..

yeah i know it is bad for me ..
but heck , life will be too boring if everybody wants to remain neutral ..
just making this world a lil bit more colorful :P

I’m not very neutral myself. I would defend an opinion with facts and will tell a person point blank if he doesn’t have his facts right. But I have no problem letting people air their opinion and preferences. Its part of what’s required in my business anyway.

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