Comments on: Negative Feedback, Speaking Your Mind

By: Business Administration Management

Business Administration Management — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:03:31 +0000

So true. There will always be someone to say something negative no matter what you do. That’s why you can’t do what everyone else says or wants you to do.

By: Richard X. Thripp

Richard X. Thripp — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:47:55 +0000

You’re welcome. It’s all in how you apply it… you can easily end up worse off from reading all this stuff. Be careful and stay true to yourself.

By: personal development

personal development — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:20:15 +0000

Personal development seems hard to me but now I started reading different books and materials like CD, DVD and its being easy for me. Thanks for your helpful post which will help me in future.

By: Richard X. Thripp

Richard X. Thripp — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:49:03 +0000

Some people are very afraid of any criticism. I’ve never been one of them, but I see that their fear often comes from their parents or a singular incident, and it limits their creative output greatly.

You have to face your fears. Then they will become smaller.

By: Richard X. Thripp

Richard X. Thripp — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:46:33 +0000

I think this happens on Amazon.com a lot. Many good items have only negative reviews… because the people who had no problems don’t say anything!

I’m sure your ebook was good and I hope you’ve stuck with it. Everything can be improved… but don’t let perfection stop you from publishing anything.

By: Timepass

Timepass — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:50:31 +0000

Hi,

Here’s just a thought:
Most Negative feedback comes from people who don’t think about or realize the pain and hardwork that goes into making/selling a product. As Charles mentioned above, they are basically tuned to comment on things they come across

Anyways, thanks for sharing

Cheers
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By: Charles - Creative Lab

Charles - Creative Lab — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:09:41 +0000

Hi Richard,

Negative feedback can be poison.

I got one negative feedback from an ebook I was selling (refund request, which I honored naturally). But I went further than that. I started questioning whether or not that ebook was worth selling, and ultimately stopped selling it.

A month later, I got an email from another customer that noticed I stopped selling it. He was asking me why, and went on and on about how he loved it.

There will always be negative feedback, because some people are just intrinsically negative. Learn to tune it out and stand up for yourself. If you think what you are saying / writing / selling is worth it, be prepared for those that will try to convince you that it isn’t. Remember why you think it is and stick by it.

Always keep in mind that people prefer to write about their dislikes than their likes. It may seem that the negative feedback represents what people think, when in fact it usually doesn’t. The positive people are more prone to silence.

Have a great day!