Over the weekend I pondered the real world a lot. You know what I don’t like most people. Not just online but in the real world too. And you know what that is ok. I used to think you had to please everyone. But a business partner told me recently its ok to just please the 2%. The 2% that really care about your business and what you are doing.
If you spend 98% of your time trying to please everyone than you are wasting your time. But if you spend 100% of your time trying to please the 2% of people who are passionate about what you are doing you find success beyond your wildest dreams.
So who cares if you 98% of the universe and/or blogosphere doesn’t know you. That’s ok. But be passionate about the 2% that does. Or in the real numbers the .0002%. ( I have no factual data to backup my claims. )
Originally posted on March 26, 2007 @ 10:50 am
True.
Oh, definitely. Sage advice, David.
My attitude has always been– do you want to be Walmart, who tries to please a huge section of humanity and probably ends up really pleasing no one, or do you want to be a specialty boutique, who focuses on a select few, and ends up having a devoted cult following?
Quality beats quantity every single time, with businesses and relationships.
After 10+ years on the web, I like more people offline than online, that’s for certain.
I’ve gotta agree with you, David. While I’ve met a lot of really nice people online, there are those that I’ve pissed off, those that are just pricks, and – I’ve been told – those that somehow see me as a threat. Just like in the real world, you just can’t please everyone.