This one phrase, said in a sarcastic tone, is BRUTAL for anyone creative that likes to try new things.
Have you ever heard it?
You come up with some weird idea that you think has potential, tell people about it, attempt to get it off the ground by getting a domain secured and loading up some content….
And then it goes nowhere.
Maybe because the idea sucked. Maybe because you just gave up. Maybe whatever.
It just didn’t go anywhere.
Then, next time you run into the prick you originally shared the idea with they drop the bomb…
“How that idea work out for ya???” Smirk. Giggles.
PAINFUL.
It implies that you are just someone that gets pie-in-the-sky ideas that never amount to anything. And it can STING.
If you let it.
Welp, here’s some solace for you. You AIN’T alone.
Look at this screenshot of a fella who, through the course of about 4 YEARS, registered and launched sites on TWENTY SIX domains.
It wasn’t until idea number 20 that he saw any success at all. 19 failures first.
#20 did pretty well for him.
Then, 5 more failures.
#26, on track to doing pretty well.
The guy is 2 of 26.
How many people, somewhere in the 1-19 range take a look back and decide, “I suck! I’ve got to quit doing this stuff!” ?
Most, is the answer.
However, I’ve read a handful of biographies over the last decade and if there is one common theme in all of them it is failure. Almost everyone who has a book written about them (because eventually one of their ideas took off) failed countless times.
I think it’s just part of eventually making it big with an idea. You have to fail A TON, first.
I don’t know why this has to be a rule. It’s just something I’ve observed again and again in regard to high achievers.
You’ve got to fail time and time and time again with your ideas. You just have to expect that most of your ideas will end up sucking in order to land on the one that doesn’t.
And, more importantly, you have to be immune to the critics.
Otherwise, you’ll stop on #19, or before.
And then the world gets short-changed because #20 stays locked up in your head forever.
