Comments on: Why Your Loved Ones Want You To Fail http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/ Marketing for Businesses Without Marketing Departments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:00:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James Chartrand - Men with Pens http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-14153 James Chartrand - Men with Pens Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:20:38 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-14153 So I'm like, a year fucking late to the party or something like that. But someone just linked me to this, and I have to say... Yeah. Just... yeah. This one deserves another round of retweets and stumbles and shit. Good one. So I’m like, a year fucking late to the party or something like that. But someone just linked me to this, and I have to say… Yeah. Just… yeah. This one deserves another round of retweets and stumbles and shit.

Good one.

]]> By: Tim Markaity http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-13517 Tim Markaity Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:59:43 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-13517 Nice lookin blog. Thanks for the info, I look forward to more. Nice lookin blog. Thanks for the info, I look forward to more.

]]> By: Caitlin http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-13461 Caitlin Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:59:34 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-13461 Whoa. I was poking around your site looking for articles for me mom to read as she's trying to open her own business. She's only told a handful of people, and she's received all of these reactions already. Whoa. I was poking around your site looking for articles for me mom to read as she’s trying to open her own business. She’s only told a handful of people, and she’s received all of these reactions already.

]]> By: Why do people want you to fail? | No Payne, No Glory http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-12788 Why do people want you to fail? | No Payne, No Glory Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:11:50 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-12788 [...] get hurt. This seems like a highly unlikely situation, but can happen none the less. Naomi Dunford (ittybiz.com) writes about people who want you to fail “for your own good” by [...] [...] get hurt. This seems like a highly unlikely situation, but can happen none the less. Naomi Dunford (ittybiz.com) writes about people who want you to fail “for your own good” by [...]

]]> By: Davey http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-11532 Davey Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:31:42 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-11532 your right on with that comment. I think like a woman..... your right on with that comment. I think like a woman…..

]]> By: Qrystal http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-10106 Qrystal Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:43:45 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-10106 This post is gold. I agree with Flora: "This should be required reading for all entrepreneurs." I fully believe that most naysayers I know are just playing Devil's Advocate to protect me, and I've openly acknowledged and thanked them for it. (So I guess even if they were shooting me down for any of the other reasons, they still end up looking like the good guys, and I end up empowering myself with defending my idea again and again, sometimes even developing it further. Bonus!) I also am part of the crowd that has always had a lot of encouragement, mostly in that I could go all the way to the end of school and get a Ph.D., blah blah blah. I'm really glad that people haven't been that annoyingly positive about my business ideas! This way, I get to be certain I'm doing what I really, really want before I move forward! Anyways, I just had to speak up as a female Canadian who is not feeling the need to get external affirmations or to develop a support group. Though I do see what you mean about how society makes us think we should feel this... and maybe that's why I don't: I'm rebelling. Rawr. This post is gold. I agree with Flora: “This should be required reading for all entrepreneurs.”

I fully believe that most naysayers I know are just playing Devil’s Advocate to protect me, and I’ve openly acknowledged and thanked them for it. (So I guess even if they were shooting me down for any of the other reasons, they still end up looking like the good guys, and I end up empowering myself with defending my idea again and again, sometimes even developing it further. Bonus!)

I also am part of the crowd that has always had a lot of encouragement, mostly in that I could go all the way to the end of school and get a Ph.D., blah blah blah. I’m really glad that people haven’t been that annoyingly positive about my business ideas! This way, I get to be certain I’m doing what I really, really want before I move forward!

Anyways, I just had to speak up as a female Canadian who is not feeling the need to get external affirmations or to develop a support group. Though I do see what you mean about how society makes us think we should feel this… and maybe that’s why I don’t: I’m rebelling. Rawr.

]]> By: The E-Factor: The 10 Traits of Successful Creative Entrepreneurs | Productive Flourishing http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-9235 The E-Factor: The 10 Traits of Successful Creative Entrepreneurs | Productive Flourishing Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:04:42 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-9235 [...] be able to defy the crowds. People will tell you that what you’re doing can’t be done. Your loved ones will be scared you’ll fail, and they’ll go paternalistic and tell you about the “Real World” and suggest [...] [...] be able to defy the crowds. People will tell you that what you’re doing can’t be done. Your loved ones will be scared you’ll fail, and they’ll go paternalistic and tell you about the “Real World” and suggest [...]

]]> By: How To Kick That Habit’s Ass (When It’s Been Beating Yours) | Work Life Balance | Time Management Tips | Wake Up Early http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-8978 How To Kick That Habit’s Ass (When It’s Been Beating Yours) | Work Life Balance | Time Management Tips | Wake Up Early Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:45:40 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-8978 [...] that there will be a lot of forces working against you. Forces like your own internal resistance, the resistance of others, the inevitabilty of crap happening to you when you least expect it … prep yourself for this [...] [...] that there will be a lot of forces working against you. Forces like your own internal resistance, the resistance of others, the inevitabilty of crap happening to you when you least expect it … prep yourself for this [...]

]]> By: LS http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-8093 LS Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:25:44 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-8093 The only role gender plays this is societal expectations - purely superficial. Men may hide their desire to be approved of better than women, but that's because it's 'expected' of them (us). And, consequently, if one does not hide this desire, the 'common' man - competitive, insecure and not all that thoughtful - takes this as a sign of weakness in another. This is to say that the (miserable) behavior above exists in a perpetuating circle of self-deception. There's simply too much unnecessary insecurity and too many others who buy into such dull and repressed personalities as the norm. The only role gender plays this is societal expectations – purely superficial. Men may hide their desire to be approved of better than women, but that’s because it’s ‘expected’ of them (us). And, consequently, if one does not hide this desire, the ‘common’ man – competitive, insecure and not all that thoughtful – takes this as a sign of weakness in another. This is to say that the (miserable) behavior above exists in a perpetuating circle of self-deception. There’s simply too much unnecessary insecurity and too many others who buy into such dull and repressed personalities as the norm.

]]> By: Comfort or Excellence: It’s One or the Other, Not Both. : Brazen Careerist - A Career Center for Generation Y http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-7923 Comfort or Excellence: It’s One or the Other, Not Both. : Brazen Careerist - A Career Center for Generation Y Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:42:00 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/why-your-loved-ones-want-you-to-fail/#comment-7923 [...] fire. It’s not your family’s or friends’ responsibility. The honest and sad truth is that they’ll likely get in your way. They mean well (they really do), but the choice is yours and yours [...] [...] fire. It’s not your family’s or friends’ responsibility. The honest and sad truth is that they’ll likely get in your way. They mean well (they really do), but the choice is yours and yours [...]

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