Your opinions are not gonna cost you clientsโฆ
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น. ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ.
I spent so long watching people online trying to be palatableโฆ trying to say things that nobody could possibly disagree withโฆ softening every edgeโฆ qualifying every statementโฆ adding that little but of course everyone's journey is different disclaimer onto the end of everything just in caseโฆ just in caseโฆ just in caseโฆpfffttt
And their content is justโฆ thereโฆ isn't itโฆ inoffensiveโฆ forgettableโฆ beigy afโฆ existing quietly in the middle where nothing really lands and nobody really feels anythingโฆ
And then I watch someone else open their mouth and say something that makes half the room go YES FINALLY and the other half go absolutely not and I thinkโฆ THAT personโฆ that person is going somewhereโฆ
Because here's the thing that changed everything for me when I actually let it sink inโฆ
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ. Totes cannot. And honestlyโฆ why the fck would you wanna beโฆ
Because magnetism doesn't work like that does itโฆ magnets attract AND repelโฆ that is literally the whole point of themโฆ the repelling isn't the failureโฆ the repelling is what makes the attracting so powerfulโฆ and if you're not repelling anyoneโฆ you're probably not attracting anyone eitherโฆ you're justโฆ floating thereโฆ neutralโฆ mehโฆn that sucksโฆ
When someone unfollows you because you said something realโฆ that is not a bad dayโฆ that is the filter doing exactly what it's supposed to doโฆ
๐'๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป. I'm sweary. I live in Bali with a rescue dog and a family of toads under my kitchen sink. I have very strong opinions about integrity and honesty and what it actually means to stand for somethingโฆ and I share themโฆ loudlyโฆ consistentlyโฆ without the disclaimer on the endโฆ
Not everyone likes that. And honestlyโฆ good. ๐
Because the ones who doโฆ they're MY peopleโฆ they find me fast and they stay and they don't need convincing because they already feel it before I've even finished the sentenceโฆ
You don't need more followers. You need the RIGHT damn ones. And the only way to get the right ones is to stop contorting yourself trying to appeal to all of them FFSโฆ
๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐'๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฎ๐โฆ
It's ok. Just say it.
The Backroom is full of people who did. โค๏ธ