PhD in Unsolicited Opinions 🫣

Why is it that when we start something new, and it just starts to gain momentum, someone comes and pees on your parade?

My mom always said “The tallest trees catch the most wind.”

I thought about that today, after having encountered one of those pee-ers in my day-job.

Nobody walks into a forest and argues with the tiny shrub hiding quietly in the shade. No, it is the big trees that get the storm. The resistance. The pressure. The wind.

The same thing sometimes happens when you start building something meaningful online.

The moment you begin standing taller…thinking differently…posting consistently…trying to improve your life… someone suddenly appears with a PhD in Unsolicited Opinions™️. 😅

Apparently, some entity out there has appointed several people as:

Chairperson of Your Life Choices,

Senior Investigator of Your Business Model, and

Director of “That Won’t Work.”

Chief Auditor of Your Confidence

Director of Eye-Roll Operations, and the oh, so popular

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner in Sitting on the Sidelines

But here’s the thing…

Almost every person who contributed something meaningful to humanity faced criticism before they were respected.

Albert Einstein was considered unconventional.

Thomas Edison failed thousands of times.

Nikola Tesla was mocked for many of his ideas.

Walt Disney was once told he lacked imagination.

Oprah Winfrey was told she was “unfit for television.”

Imagine if they had folded emotionally every time somebody made a sarcastic comment from the sidelines.

Progress often looks ridiculous… right before it starts making sense.

So if somebody questions what you’re doing…laughs at your consistency…rolls their eyes at your videos…or suddenly becomes deeply concerned about your “online thing”…

take a breath.

It simply means you’ve become visible enough to catch some wind.

And wind only hits the trees that grew tall enough to matter. 🌲

Keep growing anyway. 🤍

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