During the most recent FITposium conference we had all attendees fill out a survey ranking everything about the event. One person gave everything (including my personal presentation) a 1 on a scale of 1-10 with 1 being the worst. FITposium was not for them.
Not long ago one of my podcasts got its first 1 star review. The individual was offended by some of the language myself and the guests used on the show. The podcast was not for them.
At some point my book, which became a best seller on Amazon earlier this year, will get a bad review. The book was not made for that person.
After photographing for a client for many years, a new art director came in and no longer wanted to hire me. My photography work was not for them.
It is so easy to attach our personal worth and emotions to the feedback and reviews of every single person under the sun (and I recently wrote about the importance of feedback).
But realize that feedback should be coming from those who you create for, not from those who do not matter.
My conference, book, photography, presentations, blog, podcast, whatever – is NOT for everyone and neither is what you do!
Know who matters. Listen to them.
IGNORE everyone else.
James Patrick
IG @jpatrickphoto
jamespatrick.com
