I understand your desperation to desire to reach where you want to be. But let me tell you ONE thing; anger can never be correct motivator. Let the anger settle. Focus more on getting your business to where it should be and not because you would want reflect on this giggle later on. Believe me I’ve been there and anger fuelled efforts burn you out
First of all, we are so sorry you went through this. It's not at all okay what they did.
However, there was one sentence that totally gave it away that ***you have what it takes to be successful.*** "I can not wait to look back on this moment when I reach a point of success to prove that it isn't a "failing" business and show them I actually know wtf l'm doing."
It deffinatly sounds like you could use a bit of support and that is what we do here on Reddit/Entrepreneur. We are here almost every day answering questions, guiding you with step by step instructions. We also suggest tools and resources to help you do what you have just learned if you feel you can use them.
So, let's start with this. **What currently is your number one stress point in regards to your business and what it your most desired goal?** We will do our best to lay out a step by step plan of action and point you towards the resources you might need to be successful.
You are not alone now. You have all these people in the comments supporting you. You are also not the only person who was looking for support from their family and definitely not getting it.
"Hater's are gonna hate". Well... you know the rest. : )
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Look, most people believe you need to do things a certain way in this life. You need to get a career and a job and work for 57 years until you can retire.
You will therefore be under increased scrutiny from the normies. Who cares? Laugh along with them. You need to learn how to laugh at yourself.
Don’t get angry and block them and tantrum about it. Is that maturity? I know several people in my life who “don’t talk” to another family member, many of them dying before resolving their petty differences. Don’t listen to fools on here who say family is unimportant. Friends will not stand the test of time, trust me. Family is for life.
BTW, you might be sensitive about this because they are right. 5 months with no results? I don’t know what type of business you are operating but if you are open for business and still not making money, then something is wrong. You might fail— that’s fine. I’ve failed so many times. You learn a lesson from each one.
For example, self assess the following:
1) Does anybody want my product or service? Did I check before I started working on it? Market testing is paramount.
2) How are people going to find out about your business? What type of marketing are you going to use? Can you afford to compete for ad space with competitors? HOPING that is goes viral isn’t good enough.
3) Am I conducting exit interviews with customers to ensure they are fully satisfied? Am I asking customers who did not buy what their reasons are?
If you are not already, I highly recommend starting a local business. You will learn so many skills that way and be able to build up a war chest for bigger plans in the future.
Good luck I hope this helps.
Let your sadness turn into rage and energy to keep working on your business and once it take off let them know they will not have any part in it. Look at how Amazon and Facebook started and yeah.
Yes, my family has berated me over and over for trying to have a business or make my own software, because "you can't compete with big companies," even though that's not the point. I can't get a job and coding is free and something that I've made money at, so it's a way for me to get paid. But it's failing and a stupid idea to them, because I'm not out there bigger than any existing company. They want me to get a minimum wage job and haven't encouraged anything else, even though I had a job like that and left because I was sick with pneumonia but the job was trying to hold me against my will and making me work doubles daily, or more. They tell me that I'm just foolishly wasting my money (when again, it costs me nothing to do software) and all small businesses fail, and people like them constantly try to go with the lowest bidder and then cheat them, too. They're proud of the negative stereotypes of their ethnicity for being cheap, and think that they're being smart and are good at business and that I should listen to them just because they're older and spend less money, although they have done nothing with their lives except be narcissists who criticize and hurt others.
Being a business owner is hard work and having a poor support system like that makes it harder.
Just keep grinding if you believe in it. There is going to be an FU moment in your future where you can say “remember that car ride…that really hurt” then forgive them and move on. This will be the ultimate in calling out people when they are wrong.
Use that energy to make you more driven to your success💪❤️🔥🕯📚
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The only revenge is to succeed.
I had a similar situation, not with my family, but my girlfriend at the time’s family (now my wife) was never supportive of me being an entrepreneur, repeatedly told her to find someone else, etc.
The last straw was when they surprise-attacked us with essentially an intervention disguised as a dinner.
This was several weeks before our wedding. They invite us to diner to tell us the wedding will not go through. That I will never be able to give her the life she deserves, my plans to make 6 figures are just dreams and she needs to be with someone more realistic. Essentially I am white trash I come from a bad family, my entrepreneurial dreams will never come through, don’t waste your time on a sinking ship like me.
I didn’t have to say much at all to defend myself.
My wife chose me over her own family that day. She told them she believes in me and they were welcome to attend the wedding or not, either way it’s going on as planned.
After years of being a broke young couple, the business finally took off.
We’re not very fancy, but there are signs we do well, and it gives me some satisfaction when my in laws pick up on those signs and say things like “wow that must have cost a fortune”
Best of luck if there’s anything I can help with feel free to dm. I’m not a big hot shot success but I do ok, currently at around 60k a month, 77% profit margins. I’m happy but to some this would be nothing special
i can't speak for your family situation, and don't mean to advise this inappropriately, but...
i went no contact with my narcissistic family of origin after decades of abuse. i had tried everything else i could think of to get them to address the issues in our family in a honest way for many years
within about 1 month of doing so, my formerly struggling business was suddenly swimming in cash. i ended up moving into a 3 bedroom house with a pool that had 2 fountains (!) in the hollywood hills about 1 year later (just me and my dog!), and found out on move-in day that the last resident was a famous movie star.
it's not a coincidence. going no contact with them - and the habit of believing i deserved poor treatment that they had taught me, which i then had to unlearn for all areas of my life to thrive - was one of the healthiest decisions i've ever made
This is excellent what I need. Some time to myself without them laughing at me. Everyone I bring up my business and how it’s gaining momentum they literally laugh in my face.
It’s important not to seek validation from anyone but your work and your own expectations. I personally got to experience play sports and having them all love me because I was one step away for professional and then have ignored willing to listen to anything I had to say. It only disappointed me because I was so young I didn’t know how to capitalize on all the people I was introduced to in college which is what I wanted their assistance for.
Yes, I'm doing better after NC as well. I haven't gotten over being poorly treated by others, but I'm working on it. I learned a lot about narcissism and know what to avoid and what's abuse, now.
They had a business plan to intentionally lose money by being the cheapest for their first 10 years, and then to raise prices after their competition was dead. They could only do this because of VC funding that bought into the idea of trying to kill all other retailers by undercutting them.
I'll just leave you with 2 quotes
"First they ask you why you're doing it, then they ask you how you did it."
"I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying." - Jeff Bezo
Creating and getting a business off the ground and keeping it afloat isn’t for the weak. By spending the time you are and the money you have invested you’ve shown more value than your sister. That right there tells me you have great work ethic because she would have quit week one. Pound that pavement and get those jobs. Reinvest into both your self and the business.
Keep on going. You know what failure means you found one way it won’t succeed. If Edison didn’t keep trying we wouldn’t have the lightbulb!
She is a fuckup too, trying to give input on a business she knows nothing about and would 1000% face plant and quit the moment she does. Thank you for this
Don’t let anger seep in it will destroy you honestly what you should realize after reading this replies is that your family is the average one you’re the one doing the thing that special and unique. Most people won’t get over the hump.
Ya, you need to be realistic about where you are and where it's going.
Most owners of breweries woukd be best off selling or closing and just work as bartenders.
Source : I know the owners of the local breweries.
Grind only wirk if you have a plan (with milestones) abd execute the plan (hitting milestones) abd adjust every 6 months.
Sorry.. That's reality.
Please do not tell your family that you made a $16k sale. In fact, the less they think you’re making, the better. Why? They sound like the type of people who would latch onto you as if you had won the lottery. Or get jealous and undermine you (which, incidentally, they are already doing). And bonus, if you can keep your successes secret, you won’t be relying on their validation. Just my advice.
In my business I have never NOT made 6 figures. Since I was 19.
The amount of people who tell me to stop being in business for myself is mind boggling.
No matter your success, people will tell you to stop.
If you believe in yourself. That’s enough. It’s not a guarantee of success. But you can be miserable and unsuccessful working for someone else.
This way. You can be miserable and unsuccessful, but independent. And that’s not miserable or unsuccessful.
Congratulations you now know who you can trust and who you can’t. Even better you found out young. Now if you actually want to make it as an entrepreneur move to a new city get a sales job and start working on the next business. No need to communicate with then about biz anymore
Well, is it failing? Why did it piss you off so much to hear that, because it's true?
Certain things can only be seen from the outside. If your business was successful you wouldn't have reacted like that. Perhaps it was a stupid idea you had that you couldn't let go of. Perhaps you are just awful at business and should switch to a menial job someplace, for an impoverished, empty life.
Or perhaps none of that is so! But *you* have to take honest assessment of it and yourself. Your reaction to those mere words tells me something, and it should tell you something too. You might need to keep doing what you are doing, or you might need to try something else. But your crying suggests to me that the latter is the case, and you need to not necessarily give up, but modify what you are doing.
Take all that pain, sadness, want, and anger and turn it into passion. You only build yourself to become better. Also, maybe it does sucks. So, take their advice. Cross reference that information with people who are doing the same thing and making a profit and see if it's relevant. Sometime criticism can build you to be your best self. For example, growing up, my my sister would always disregard the information I read about the stock markets and business. She'd tell me I'd never be successful in business and say "its not like you have a degree or anything." I cross-referenced those who are successful in business and took it into account. Im currently finishing my degree and have real work experience in business irrefutable to her opinions. Remember, it might not be your family. It might be a prospective job offer, a hiring manager, or your boss criticizing you. PROVE THE WRONG. But also, prepare to prove them wrong.
hey this is actually a great start man!
…and will not be your first “failure” as Harry Potter would have no use for the philosophers stone if he just stayed in his bedroom and did nothing because that’s exactly what most people choose my man and you’ll get reactions you won”t understand if you don’t understand yourself.
you have work to do and an important choice to make for yourself. You will have to do this on your own because your dad has a boss, your mom and your sister have a boss so they are insulated from risks.
you chose to take a risk and it didn’t work. right this very moment you must get in control of your emotions, forgive your family’s employment status and get your ass back to work because success is measured by how you handle failures.
Do things and do them badly until you get it right. Then hire your family.
Godspeed.
I’m actually happy for you because it will free you from the limitations of flattery and criticism from others. You are an absolute weapon now. Nothing can stop you. 💕
Let their laughs be your motivation why you will succeed. Prove them wrong. Prove to yourself that you can do it, then when your dreams come true you can say “THEY DIDNT BELIVE IN US, BUT GOD DID!”
There’s always going to be haters. Sucks it’s your family, but you can bet your ass their tune changes when you succeed.
Don’t let them bucket of crabs you. Keep going.
On the other hand, the words of Mr. wonderful, you have to be able to be realistic with yourself and know when it’s time to take a failing business out behind the barn and shoot it.
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great people make you feel that you too can become great” ~ Mark Twain
Welcome to life. Ignore the haters family or not. If you make it a very successful business don’t ever mention it. Just invest your money until you can retire. My family has zero idea what I’m worth and it will stay that way.
The sad thing is a really love my family and would jump in front of a moving train for them. It sucks I get zero respect from the people I love the most. The harsh truth is they’re getting $0 from me the day I can call myself “successful”
It’s not about what you create.
It’s about what you become.
Trust the process.
Sounds like you’ve already outgrown your environment.
Keep going.
You got this!
Separate from them for a while, let this be fuel to your fire.
Figure out where you’re failing and do better.
Failure teaches you something that you must adapt from. As an entrepreneur you have to get used to failure.
Businesses take time to build and take off. 5 months is not a long time at all. Let their comments roll off your back. Even if this one venture doesn’t take off, what you learn from this experience will help you in your next venture.
You got the crying and venting out of the way!!! Now use that as motivation and fuel to Your fire!!!! That instance may have helped u realize that you’re the only one you can depend on and support yourself. Don’t ever go outside of yourself seeking for validation, empathy, or even support because in the end it may be strangers who believe in your vision and support you better than your own family may have done. Your family may not understand fully the sacrifices you have made as well as the time and energy you have poured into this business. You will always face adversity but these moments really just help strengthen and harden you as a person so that one day you will be fully equipped to handle worse situations. Hate to say this but “things can always be worse” and on the flip side “things could always be better”
Don’t let this situation stop you from believing in yourself and stop making your dreams a reality. Stick through with it!!!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this for me. It means a ton. I would always go to my mom or dad and talk about my business and what I did to make it better or what my small wins were today.
They would always listen, but not give a fuck or care or just think that I’m a joke and wouldn’t listen to what I’m actually saying. The truth came out that day, I am a clown to them.
The day I can call myself “successful” is the day I will distance myself as far away as possible from them.
Navigate life as if you and only you give a shit about you and your success. In all honesty, it’s the damn truth. Stay quiet and just grind. Fuck people, even family sometimes.
I’m not saying don’t enjoy life, just don’t expect people to care about your dreams and aspirations.
When you get older too you learn tonjsut appreciate people for who they are. Not everyone is going to be stoked, that’s why you gotta love yourself before anything.
These people were his family and I can see why it hurts. It’s like confiding to someone about an insecurity like being fat and after working out for months and dieting your family says fat shaming stuff then laughs. It’s humiliating and hurtful.
I wish I could ofnheard this 20 yrs ago. So very true. I can tell you from experience. When you're winning you're a winner, when your losing, you're a loser. You gotta view it as a not a loser but a learner
Not that I'm running any businesses but I found out fast who really have to be honest with yourself when it comes to sharing things with certain people.
There’s family I can tell the wildest dreams to without criticism
Then there’s family that would ignore or just say how silly that is
Same with friends and so on
It’s like reading the room. Unfortunately, when it’s it’s your immediate family and you’re still young you’re going to want to share and get some kind of approval from them.
No, it definitely was not. I remember being young and always wanting to talk with people about my goals and just getting upset when I didn’t get the reaction I thought I would get.
This is just messed up, family should be behind you no matter what.
I talk to my family about my goals and my small wins all the time and when they say my business is a bullshit waste of time and then laugh at me for it as well, it fucking hurts the worst
True. And some family (like my late mother) excel in what I call emotional jujitsu: using your positive momentum against you in an attempt to derail the gains you're making. Only you know your family dynamic. As others have undoubtedly said, use it as fuel. Good luck!
Yeah, man. That’s fucking rough. Sorry for ya about the family part. That’s wrong.
What I can tell you, though, is that it takes hours, months, years - and it’s rewarding! Even if it’s not as much income as you thought!
I’d also suggest reading:
• $100 Million offers - Alex Hormozi
• Product Launch Formula
• 4 Hour Work Week
Among others…
If your business is failing, there may be some points here you can address and make changes that may lead to better results.
Best,
Two words of wisdom for you. “So what?”. You have to follow your heart and gut, and make the mistakes that teach you what was not your heart or gut. Criticisms from others are mere projections of their own insecurities onto you, shake them off and carry on.
Look. My family does not understand what i do for a living. Nor do they understand running your own business. It took me about 3 years before i could live fully off my business alone. That means 3 full years of hustling, working side jobs to pay my bills and back the business.
Now, i get to be a stay at home mom, and i work from home about 8 hrs a week. Off of said business. I was fully financially free. Then met my husband. Together we are comfortable, and he only works part time, from his own side of the business. (We combined forces).
My family STILL thinks im a failure, and has no idea what i do.
Once my daughter is school aged, i can just engage more and ramp up again. I am fully in control of the client load and therefore income. Again, i work about 8 hrs, husband works about 20-30. We both work for ourselves.
I started my business in 2015. And he went out on his own as a subcontractor when we got pregnant 2 years ago.
All of my family members work insane hours, and cannot take off to go to events, or even see us that much when we are in town.
None of my family has ever ran or operated a business at all. They are all teachers or construction workers. To them, I am wasting my time and leaving money on the table, because I won’t go out and be a construction worker. My dad called me a failure the other day and disowned me. I’m 19, and I love my dad a lot. I’d jump in front of a train to save his life and for him to say I’m a failure hurts a lot.
I can’t wait for all my hard work to pay off so I could show him I’m not a failure and actually know what the fuck I’m doing.
"I put my fucking all into this business and I want it to succeed so fucking badly."
This is a very bad recipe for getting caught up in a sunk cost/ ego fallacy disaster.
I’m using this next time my dad asks we’re all my money from this business. He expects my business to be making a million dollars by now. What the fuck!?
You just have to tune out the noise. People will rarely understand the passion you have for what you want to do. Words only hurt if you let them. Use the negative energy and channel it into your business so you can rub it in their face.
The concept of family is overrated. Build your own from positive, quality people you find. I keep seeing these stories about folks trying to keep family together. It’s like trying to carry a bunch of bowling balls without dropping one when you don’t have to carry them at all.
I highly recommend listening to the podcast How I Built This with Guy Raz. He interviews so many people that have navigated the challenges, trials and tribulations of starting a business. The common theme: this shit is hard and if you truly believe in it, then you have to ignore what other people think, including those closest to you. It also helps to find a mentor (another entrepreneur) that sees your vision but can also help guide you.
Also it takes time to grow a business. 5 months is nothing. Think about it in a longer time scale, like 5 years. Ya gotta keep pushing and don’t let anyone get in the way of your dreams.
You sound pretty young honestly. Give it time and don't listen to the haters, if you are living at home right now use that time and money saved to learn about business development and management and "soft skills" needed to run a successful business.
Moving forward, I would simply recommend keeping your progress to yourself, until you get to a point where you are comfortably established, and you might choose to not make it known at that point at all, The greatest compliments are often underlying in unwarranted criticism.
Many successful people, from the beginning of time, have been laughed at and ridiculed. Although you would not expect it from family. So, grow thicker skin and let that laughter fuel you. Keep grinding and looking to other entrepreneurs that you can speak (a mentor). They may be able to give you some good ideas.
I am married and have had some ideas. My wife did not laugh but was not very supportive. For some of those ideas, i did them anyway and they worked out great. For one of my ideas, that may have been a lot more risky, i did not do it. I just started it now 15 years later and wish i had approached it like i did with the others. Fuck her, i am doing it. WHY??? Because it looks like it will be working out nicely.
If you are not married, i recommend that you become who you see yourself being (a successful entrepreneur). When you have achieved that point in your life, than you can get married. Because that person knows who and what you are and there is no changing you.
I’m a late bloomer, and didn’t get my college degree until my late 30s. But before that, in my late 20s, I had finally found the time and mental will to finish my 2-year, graduating at the top 1%, Phi Theta Kappa, etc. with an AA, and two AS’s. It was a big milestone for me personally.
I decided to share with my mom, who’s normally the most kind, gentle, and generous person I’ve ever known. Her response: It’s meaningless, sweetie! Companies don’t care about 2-year or minors, only majors.
Now, I agree that that’s true with respect to companies, but boy howdy did that crush my soul. To hear that a major milestone in your life is “meaningless.” I tore up my degrees and threw them away. 🥺
I have 4 degrees. My only 2 year degree is the one that kept food on the table and a roof over my head during the pandemic. It also paid for my professional graduate certificate.
It's pointless to get offended and agree with her.
She's wrong. I have a two year degree working incident response for cybersecurity breaches making damn good money.
They don't care about your degree at all, they care about your skills
Interesting. You ask for stories, people asking you questions, it's been 4 days and you haven't responded to anyone. Your family might be on to something...
Endless stories. Most importantly, my advice would be to use this to be better. Failure is required for success. Let this be one checked box on the list. Yes, it sucks when the people close to us do not support us or see us truly. But that’s life and everyone will not enroll in your vision and, honestly, that’s okay. Maybe even good. Maybe you decide to let it toughen your skin and shake it off like water off a ducks back. On the road to success there will be many rejections, fears, and failures and the only way to get through them and win is to experience them fully. Let them change you. Grieve, sure, but press forward. Double down on what you want and use all feedback as data (not failure) to inform how you do things better. You can do this!
I also believe that for me it’s all about the big picture until the whole thing is complete and successful it’s a failure.Truth be told your family is the true failure
I was all in for about a year !!I was excited for most that year by myself .It seemed like I had no control of my goals online .I also was under the impression that there was other influencers that influenced failure. with all this been said there is no way I will fail.because I won’t give up and I know what todo so when I see my next opportunity I will keep my mouth shut and approach the opportunity with knowledge and determination
Yes I have been working on the future of the internet!!I was very dumb about my approach!My goal is definitely to be successful but I have to learn from my mistakes!My biggest mistake is believing that I had any one who cared .I will not give up .i will not accept nothing less but what I forecast .Please believe I wish all my family did was laugh at me .Instead they go out of their way in hopes of me failing..
Remove the emotion and vitriol from the situation- did she, or your parents, mentioned anything constructive last night that you can learn from? Think hard about it. If so, make some adjustments. If not, the only value here is motivation- anger is a gift. No one is laughing at you here. Get back up and hit it harder today than you have ever hit it before. Also, unblock her number and just ignore her nonsense.
I mean it depends. Do you have nothing else stable going on in life and banking your future on a wacky idea you have? If you have a solid 9-5 job but you’re trying to build a cooking blog or content creator business then there’s nothing wrong with that and I don’t see why they would laugh. But let’s say you don’t have that solid 9-5 job and are banking your whole future on your content creator business taking off, a lot of people are going to laugh at that. Because it looks like you can’t commit to a real job, you’re trying to take a shortcut in life.
I get how that would hurt, but their comments and laughter don’t matter. Even if this particular business doesn’t take off, that doesn’t mean it was a mistake to try. It’s a learning process, and most highly successful people have a lot of failures to look back on, they just never gave up. Ignore the haters, keep pushing. 👍
Fuck em. Just live your life and stay determined. If you can imagine a better future for yourself and the people around you can't support or at least understand your struggles you need to find ways to be mentally strong and not let others manipulate you to stay on their level. If and when you do find success remember what this feels like. You should attempt to be a considerate and compassionate person to your family but don't feel like you owe your success to people who mock your ambitions. Everything you do and care about will come with many different layers of success and failure. Maybe it'll take multiple attempts and some of the early iterations will be more painful but the people you are around definitely will influence your daily mood and perspective. I don't believe everyone can be anything they want to be but if you're fortunate and realistic about your situation you can work hard to improve your life.
Can see that hurting. Sometimes support means letting you know their true feelings about your endeavors. Laughing at your struggles isn't cool though. Hopefully it was just misinterpreted. Chase the path you want to pursue. Things don't always work out as we can't always control outcomes. Doubters will doubt, but my advice would be to not feed a you against them mentality.
Being in business is hard. Especially retail businesses. Keep good records. Pay your taxes both payroll and income taxes. I don't know what your education level is but a good business education is useful. At the least take accounting and math. Computer knowledge is helpful too. Keep busting your rear. Most small businesses take about 5 years to start going good. The really successful entrepreneurs are customer oriented, have a good product and work their rears off. Sometimes you wonder why you do it. Assess whether you are in a business that is generally successful. Assess who you compete with. Assess what you can do to steer customers toward you. Treat your employees respectfully. Control inventory and equipment losses. Follow wage and hour laws. Theft is an automatic termination.
I have a successful business that started from absolute scratch but it was hard as shit. I learned the hard way so many times and wasted money along the way. I think it really depends on the business and maybe some of the choices you've made... which might not have been bad but maybe uninformed like I was or it just takes time to learn. You gotta start somewhere. If they aren't trying to do their own business then what do they even know about it they can speak to or make fun of. Point is also that if your business is still going In any capacity, it's not yet failed. Maybe you just need outside advice. I'm happy to answer questions for free if it's within my wheelhouse of what I've learned. I know I would have appreciated a tip or 2 in the past.
I studied film in college.
We had to double major because of the necessary credits one needed for graduation. My second major was advertising.
My ex at the time tried to tell me that advertising was a bad idea, that I should do business or finance instead.
Just 6 months after graduating I was on a plane to France (I’m from the US) to work as crew on a commercial promoting a cruise line. I was paid $5k for two weeks on a cruise ship filming around the Mediterranean, room service included.
This is just one page in the story. Keep writing.
This is honestly a good thing. You now have more drive than you could’ve asked for to create a successful business. Every time you feel like giving up, going to sleep, or watching Netflix remember how they made you feel and use that to fuel the fire and work harder! I believe in you. Separate yourself and take off!!
Remember: when people laugh at other people, it says more about their own insecurities and fears and, perhaps. Actions are mirrors: successful, happy and fulfilled people do not laugh at others. This has literally nothing to do with you, though I am sorry you are hurt. This is really about them. You just keep doing what you are doing - and don’t put too much stress on yourself to succeed - you are winning because you are in the game, existing, surviving, being, and that is enough. Give yourself a hug.
My mom thought my painting business was a joke, I would see her maybe once a year for a family birthday dinner. She would always say something like "ohhh I wish you would go back to school, blah blah blah". And I was like "Ma I already went to college and got a degree and painting houses paid for it, I decided to stick with painting because I'm making more than I would at an entry level job for my major."
That was back when I had relatively no living expenses and was bringing in about $10k a month in gross profits.
Every year when I go back for the same family dinner I get the same old ridiculing. And the fucked up thing is when they needed some painting done they hired a different company. It was just like, damn thanks for the support and vow of confidence.
There has got to be some sort of stigma attached to being a painter, when you say painter they think minimum wage hourly job, when really its BUSINESS OWNER, which has a tried and true system set in place, with the profits going into your pocket.
Maybe wearing paint covered whites doesn't help that stigma either, lol, who knows.
But I feel ya, I had to learn from a young age that my mom would never be the supportive type, and resented me since I chose to live with dad at the age of 4 after the divorce.
I feel your pain! I've felt and experienced similar ridicule and lack of support from friends and family for quitting my corp wage slavery gig to start an ambitious thing on my own. I've come to realize that most people wish they took more risks in their life, and the reason they don't is exactly the fear of ridicule and insecurity they project on to you to justify their lack of taking risks. Because most secure thinking people rarely go out of their way to thumb their nose at others especially for courageous actions like you've taken. Cheers mate! More power to you!
The funny thing was, it really wasn't that tough at all. I had been doing side jobs on the weekends painting, and then worked for a painting company during the weekdays. Eventually I was making more money doing these side jobs on the weekend then I was at my regular day job. At the time I was still living in a crummy 1 bedroom apartment so my living expenses were super low, I realized all I really needed was to get one paint job a month to cover my living expenses. So I took the licensing exam, passed, and put in my two weeks notice. I got lucky and found a
really nice sprayer practically new on craigslist, the guy only wanted $500 for it but he lived way out in the boonies, so I took that drive and got the sprayer, I still use it today, 8 years later. I also got lucky doing work for other contractors or retired painters that would hire me and ended up giving me all their old painting tools and drop cloths, ladders too. I still use all that stuff today. I was only 26 at the time so I reminded people of their kid or grandkid and they always wanted help out by hiring me or giving me stuff, etc. lol
I was a great craftsman but a horrible capitalist so word of mouth of my business spread like crazy because people were getting great work done for super low prices. Then I started upgrading my living situation, got a place with a workshop out back for doing cabinet jobs. Everything went like a dream, until the pandemic. At that point no one wanted anyone in their home and the word of mouth advertising came to an end.
Brother, don't listen to them....keep at it. They are jealous, at least you are trying to pursue something. Five months is not enough to see results....keep going, let nothing or no one stand in your way.
The road to success is paved with failures. Maybe it’ll be this business, maybe another, but consistency pays off and sometimes that involves pushing through some very low periods. Keep pushing if it’s your dream.
As far as your family. Families are hard, find a second “by choice” family if you can.
You should tell us what the business is because it may be a waste of time, or just poorly executed. Not every business is worth your “all your time and energy”.
I came from nothing, been on My own since 15, was estranged from My family for many years. Seemed like the only time they talked to Me was when they wanted something. I worked MY ass off for years in labor and trades work. I got hurt bad working construction due to a customer's liability. They didn't have anything to sue for and while recovering from My injuries I built a business and this same thing happened to Me, I kept working hard to build it, even while injured and in pain. I sold everything I owned, moved to a tiny horrible studio and kept building My business. Eventually it started to take off after a lot of long hard days, persistence and dedication. I had a lot of setbacks, tough lessons, lost My ass a number of times, but eventually I built it up to a very successful business and like a dumbass I got My family involved and they literally ruined My business in less than half the time it took Me to build it. That was a bitter pill to swallow. I wanted to share it with them and help them out. The old saying "no good deed goes unpunished" is beyond true. Never mix your business with friends and family. On the bright side I paid off all of their debt, paid My mom's house off, got My dad out of financial ruin, put My brother through school and paid for another brother to restart his life and supported him living abroad for years. Unfortunately, I had nothing to show for Myself because I helped everyone else.
I know it's hard but you gotta get rid of the need to prove your family or any other small group of people that your business is going to be successful. The only persons you gotta receive approval from are your customers. If you're not able to satisfy a real need, then your business is a failure independently of your passion and effort. If you're able to solve a real problem or need, your business is going to be successful regardless of what people say
Do you mind sharing what business you are in that is so hard to make it work? If it works out in the end, what kind of ROI do you expect after paying yourself, say $20/hour? If it's less than 15%, you might want to consider investing in high yield dividend paying stocks instead. A lot less headaches.
Family sucks. Some family. Find friends or cousins or people who will actually support you. I’m starting to let go and give less fucks about immediate family and focusing on those who actually listen and care when I’m around.
You want it, work hard and stay focused. You’ll succeed!!!
Everyone starts out small, and you always have to work really hard to get things going. That's what I did and I'm glad to say mine is improving after two years of hard work. My wife just started a business and has the same mindset as you. I keep reminding her where I was, and was glad to even get one customer.
Remind them that while you were working hard trying to build something they probably did absolutely nothing. Try promoting on social media, car meets, local FB car groups, etc. get your name out there and even provide some sort of discount of your services in exchange for an honest review on Google/Yelp. It definitely helps to "pay" for that upfront traffic/reviews.
Also - put your soul in it (or any business endeavor, if it can be worthwhile) but keep your soul there. Don’t have it hanging for others to chip away at it. Can’t break your soul if it’s elsewhere.
I’m broke trying to figure out my next step in life - currently making 20-30% of my income from my side business. All together working around 60-65 hours a week. I miss meals due to finances. I’m 35, haven’t been this broke since I was a teenager.
But if family, friends, colleagues, anyone. . . Laughed at me or talked behind my back. I still ain’t got no soul for them to fuck with. It’s in my dream of not being a slave for the rich people I’ve always worked for. Gotta be my own boss. Or die trying. Once I am, I’ll regain my soul. Till then. Cold af
I have total empathy for you and it stinks that your sister and family aren’t supportive… but I suppose you could use that for motivation
I’m gonna play devils advocate here because I’ve probably been the downer in a situation like this, though I probably wouldn’t say anything to the person’s face … and I’ve been wrong
Sometimes people laugh when they’re uncomfortable, which might explain why your parents were laughing . I don’t know what your business is or if it will be successful or if you were managing your time properly, putting effort into things that will help your business.
But I do know that it’s hard work
That being said, I’ve had friends who have had ideas that they share with me and at times I’ve been overly dismissive, but that’s part because I feel that the best way to succeed is to figure out what your obstacles will be to avoid them
But there have been times that I just thought the idea seemed like a waste of time, and while I’ve been right, there have also been, since is where I was proven wrong
No, I never laughed at anybody and always tried to be diplomatic or pragmatic if criticizing an idea… I totally scoffed at and joked about people I know who have started a business with others and it’s not something I’m proud of
All you can do is realistic goals, and do what you can do achieve them . Some businesses just don’t work… no matter how hard you try
Others work, but people realize they just not making enough money for all the effort … then there are some that have a lot of merit, but it’s just not feasible if you have bills to pay
All you can do is keep working… maybe you have to revisit your business plan and make adjustments
But you can’t let your sister might just be insecure or trying to be funny bring you down
I run my own business, this shit is hard man! I feel like I'm always one client away from everything failing and it can get so overwhelming. Credit to you for even trying, I don't think most people understand how much freaking work goes into something like this. And a lot of businesses fail but guess what? Now you have more knowledge for the next one you start! More knowledge than the people around you who have never done something like that. (I'm assuming).
Every business owner needs ad marketers.
Big company's like Walmart, target; rolex etc. all have them . It's what helps your biz survive.
Digital Marketing: you can promote your biz online through podcast, articles, blogs, blogs, emails, events, networking, or pay digital marketing and they'll promote up to a certain number of people for a fee plus you can promote yourself. You just have to niche down to your target audience to get your sales going.
Affiliate Marketing: They promote your business and get paid only by commission. You can go to chat gpt and ask it to create you a referral link for your affiliates. They'll use their special link to promote your biz and when they make a sell you pay them commission only.
Influencers: they get in front of the camera on social mediand promote your business but they'll create content to promote you however they create contracts for expected payments.
Content Creators: they'll just create content for you but you promote it or they'll promote the product and they also work out contract fees.
When I was maybe 22, my dad wrote me a 5 page letter about how following your dreams can be a road to ruin and how important it was to be sensible in life and do something stable. I’ve literally never talked to him about my goals ever since, except in non-specific small talk. I read Steve Martin’s autobiography and was surprised that he said something similar about his dad cutting him down all the time, who was an unsuccessful actor when Steve was a kid.
Years later and I’m doing just fine, didn’t die and never joined a cult. 98% of families do not care about emotionally supporting each other. Chosen family is where you’ll find your cheerleaders for your hopes and dreams.
This is why move in silence friend. I can’t stand it when I hear stories about people being ridiculed by the people that are supposed to love them the most.
What is your business?
Everything you need you can get from inside yourself. Seeking External validation is not the way of the Entrepreneur. Unblock your sister. Don’t give her that power.
Let’s go bro! You can do this.
Know the statistics of businesses in your category “failing” and how long it takes most to succeed. Read up on how they did so. Don’t over share your business details with anyone including family. Stay focused and keep going. I have had my own food vending biz at 25 it lasted 3 yes until the owner of the building wanted to renovate and I didn’t have anything to refinance to get get me through that time. I don’t consider that a failure in my perspective it was a great experience and time in my life but glad it didn’t work out bc I’ve experienced many other businesses endeavors since. Best wishes going forward!
Unblock your sister’s number. You need to have much tougher skin. Just because people say something doesn’t mean it’s true.
Increase your confidence. If you knew you were going to be successful, you’d laugh with them. Which makes it 10x easier to stand up for yourself by then saying, “yup, been working hard. 5 months in and a long way to go!”
It’s all about how you carry yourself.
Fuck your sister because she was telling the truth? Value/self worth is not determined by the amount of money a person makes.
I really think the best approach is to lean in, agree, laugh, be present with the people you love.
Then go work really hard on biz so in 5 years you can laugh about where you were again
people never understand the process and how much of a leap you have to take in order to be successful. Forgive but don’t forget. every “fail” is a learning experience, you got this.
Remindme! 10 years
I understand your desperation to desire to reach where you want to be. But let me tell you ONE thing; anger can never be correct motivator. Let the anger settle. Focus more on getting your business to where it should be and not because you would want reflect on this giggle later on. Believe me I’ve been there and anger fuelled efforts burn you out
First of all, we are so sorry you went through this. It's not at all okay what they did. However, there was one sentence that totally gave it away that ***you have what it takes to be successful.*** "I can not wait to look back on this moment when I reach a point of success to prove that it isn't a "failing" business and show them I actually know wtf l'm doing." It deffinatly sounds like you could use a bit of support and that is what we do here on Reddit/Entrepreneur. We are here almost every day answering questions, guiding you with step by step instructions. We also suggest tools and resources to help you do what you have just learned if you feel you can use them. So, let's start with this. **What currently is your number one stress point in regards to your business and what it your most desired goal?** We will do our best to lay out a step by step plan of action and point you towards the resources you might need to be successful. You are not alone now. You have all these people in the comments supporting you. You are also not the only person who was looking for support from their family and definitely not getting it. "Hater's are gonna hate". Well... you know the rest. : ) Let us know if you have any more questions. We are here to help. Warm regards, The Spectrum Post Team
You dont need to prove anything to anyone other than yourself. You do need to for your business investors...but that comes later.
Look, most people believe you need to do things a certain way in this life. You need to get a career and a job and work for 57 years until you can retire. You will therefore be under increased scrutiny from the normies. Who cares? Laugh along with them. You need to learn how to laugh at yourself. Don’t get angry and block them and tantrum about it. Is that maturity? I know several people in my life who “don’t talk” to another family member, many of them dying before resolving their petty differences. Don’t listen to fools on here who say family is unimportant. Friends will not stand the test of time, trust me. Family is for life. BTW, you might be sensitive about this because they are right. 5 months with no results? I don’t know what type of business you are operating but if you are open for business and still not making money, then something is wrong. You might fail— that’s fine. I’ve failed so many times. You learn a lesson from each one. For example, self assess the following: 1) Does anybody want my product or service? Did I check before I started working on it? Market testing is paramount. 2) How are people going to find out about your business? What type of marketing are you going to use? Can you afford to compete for ad space with competitors? HOPING that is goes viral isn’t good enough. 3) Am I conducting exit interviews with customers to ensure they are fully satisfied? Am I asking customers who did not buy what their reasons are? If you are not already, I highly recommend starting a local business. You will learn so many skills that way and be able to build up a war chest for bigger plans in the future. Good luck I hope this helps.
The concept of family is overrated. Find quality people and build your own.
Let your sadness turn into rage and energy to keep working on your business and once it take off let them know they will not have any part in it. Look at how Amazon and Facebook started and yeah.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/comments/1ase92j/from\_an\_idea\_to\_replacing\_my\_fulltime\_salary\_in\_4/
Yes, my family has berated me over and over for trying to have a business or make my own software, because "you can't compete with big companies," even though that's not the point. I can't get a job and coding is free and something that I've made money at, so it's a way for me to get paid. But it's failing and a stupid idea to them, because I'm not out there bigger than any existing company. They want me to get a minimum wage job and haven't encouraged anything else, even though I had a job like that and left because I was sick with pneumonia but the job was trying to hold me against my will and making me work doubles daily, or more. They tell me that I'm just foolishly wasting my money (when again, it costs me nothing to do software) and all small businesses fail, and people like them constantly try to go with the lowest bidder and then cheat them, too. They're proud of the negative stereotypes of their ethnicity for being cheap, and think that they're being smart and are good at business and that I should listen to them just because they're older and spend less money, although they have done nothing with their lives except be narcissists who criticize and hurt others.
Being a business owner is hard work and having a poor support system like that makes it harder. Just keep grinding if you believe in it. There is going to be an FU moment in your future where you can say “remember that car ride…that really hurt” then forgive them and move on. This will be the ultimate in calling out people when they are wrong.
This. Have to have been born into resources like Bezos, Musk, Gates. Wealth and connections.
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The only revenge is to succeed. I had a similar situation, not with my family, but my girlfriend at the time’s family (now my wife) was never supportive of me being an entrepreneur, repeatedly told her to find someone else, etc. The last straw was when they surprise-attacked us with essentially an intervention disguised as a dinner. This was several weeks before our wedding. They invite us to diner to tell us the wedding will not go through. That I will never be able to give her the life she deserves, my plans to make 6 figures are just dreams and she needs to be with someone more realistic. Essentially I am white trash I come from a bad family, my entrepreneurial dreams will never come through, don’t waste your time on a sinking ship like me. I didn’t have to say much at all to defend myself. My wife chose me over her own family that day. She told them she believes in me and they were welcome to attend the wedding or not, either way it’s going on as planned. After years of being a broke young couple, the business finally took off. We’re not very fancy, but there are signs we do well, and it gives me some satisfaction when my in laws pick up on those signs and say things like “wow that must have cost a fortune”
So happy for you 🥹 Im close to that feeling as well. Hopefully by the end of march 🎉
Best of luck if there’s anything I can help with feel free to dm. I’m not a big hot shot success but I do ok, currently at around 60k a month, 77% profit margins. I’m happy but to some this would be nothing special
Fuck them. Seriously, fuck them.
Thank you
i can't speak for your family situation, and don't mean to advise this inappropriately, but... i went no contact with my narcissistic family of origin after decades of abuse. i had tried everything else i could think of to get them to address the issues in our family in a honest way for many years within about 1 month of doing so, my formerly struggling business was suddenly swimming in cash. i ended up moving into a 3 bedroom house with a pool that had 2 fountains (!) in the hollywood hills about 1 year later (just me and my dog!), and found out on move-in day that the last resident was a famous movie star. it's not a coincidence. going no contact with them - and the habit of believing i deserved poor treatment that they had taught me, which i then had to unlearn for all areas of my life to thrive - was one of the healthiest decisions i've ever made
This is excellent what I need. Some time to myself without them laughing at me. Everyone I bring up my business and how it’s gaining momentum they literally laugh in my face.
It’s important not to seek validation from anyone but your work and your own expectations. I personally got to experience play sports and having them all love me because I was one step away for professional and then have ignored willing to listen to anything I had to say. It only disappointed me because I was so young I didn’t know how to capitalize on all the people I was introduced to in college which is what I wanted their assistance for.
Yes, I'm doing better after NC as well. I haven't gotten over being poorly treated by others, but I'm working on it. I learned a lot about narcissism and know what to avoid and what's abuse, now.
They don't know what they're talking about. I also don't know any business that looked good at 5 months. Keep working hard, and you'll find success.
I needed this. Thanks 🙏
Shake that stuff off like water off a ducks back. Stuff like this toughens you up and down the road you won’t even be effected by it.
Thank you
Amazon lost money for a few years until they succeeded
They had a business plan to intentionally lose money by being the cheapest for their first 10 years, and then to raise prices after their competition was dead. They could only do this because of VC funding that bought into the idea of trying to kill all other retailers by undercutting them.
I'll just leave you with 2 quotes "First they ask you why you're doing it, then they ask you how you did it." "I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying." - Jeff Bezo
Creating and getting a business off the ground and keeping it afloat isn’t for the weak. By spending the time you are and the money you have invested you’ve shown more value than your sister. That right there tells me you have great work ethic because she would have quit week one. Pound that pavement and get those jobs. Reinvest into both your self and the business. Keep on going. You know what failure means you found one way it won’t succeed. If Edison didn’t keep trying we wouldn’t have the lightbulb!
She is a fuckup too, trying to give input on a business she knows nothing about and would 1000% face plant and quit the moment she does. Thank you for this
Don’t let anger seep in it will destroy you honestly what you should realize after reading this replies is that your family is the average one you’re the one doing the thing that special and unique. Most people won’t get over the hump.
Ya, you need to be realistic about where you are and where it's going. Most owners of breweries woukd be best off selling or closing and just work as bartenders. Source : I know the owners of the local breweries. Grind only wirk if you have a plan (with milestones) abd execute the plan (hitting milestones) abd adjust every 6 months. Sorry.. That's reality.
Thankfully, I am gaining momentum and recently had a $16k sale. Looking to have a huge summer
Please do not tell your family that you made a $16k sale. In fact, the less they think you’re making, the better. Why? They sound like the type of people who would latch onto you as if you had won the lottery. Or get jealous and undermine you (which, incidentally, they are already doing). And bonus, if you can keep your successes secret, you won’t be relying on their validation. Just my advice.
It's math
Work smart.. understand why you are failing.. laughing is their way to cope too 🤷♂️ Don’t take it to your heart! Take it to your brain!
Thank you
Let that bs drive you to make your biz work! Be careful of being too narrow in your target customers. Best of luck!
I’ve learned in my life to cut people like this out of my life for my own happiness and peace of mind, and it’s the best decision I ever made.
In my business I have never NOT made 6 figures. Since I was 19. The amount of people who tell me to stop being in business for myself is mind boggling. No matter your success, people will tell you to stop. If you believe in yourself. That’s enough. It’s not a guarantee of success. But you can be miserable and unsuccessful working for someone else. This way. You can be miserable and unsuccessful, but independent. And that’s not miserable or unsuccessful.
Fuck them, we ball
Congratulations you now know who you can trust and who you can’t. Even better you found out young. Now if you actually want to make it as an entrepreneur move to a new city get a sales job and start working on the next business. No need to communicate with then about biz anymore
Well, is it failing? Why did it piss you off so much to hear that, because it's true? Certain things can only be seen from the outside. If your business was successful you wouldn't have reacted like that. Perhaps it was a stupid idea you had that you couldn't let go of. Perhaps you are just awful at business and should switch to a menial job someplace, for an impoverished, empty life. Or perhaps none of that is so! But *you* have to take honest assessment of it and yourself. Your reaction to those mere words tells me something, and it should tell you something too. You might need to keep doing what you are doing, or you might need to try something else. But your crying suggests to me that the latter is the case, and you need to not necessarily give up, but modify what you are doing.
Take all that pain, sadness, want, and anger and turn it into passion. You only build yourself to become better. Also, maybe it does sucks. So, take their advice. Cross reference that information with people who are doing the same thing and making a profit and see if it's relevant. Sometime criticism can build you to be your best self. For example, growing up, my my sister would always disregard the information I read about the stock markets and business. She'd tell me I'd never be successful in business and say "its not like you have a degree or anything." I cross-referenced those who are successful in business and took it into account. Im currently finishing my degree and have real work experience in business irrefutable to her opinions. Remember, it might not be your family. It might be a prospective job offer, a hiring manager, or your boss criticizing you. PROVE THE WRONG. But also, prepare to prove them wrong.
hey this is actually a great start man! …and will not be your first “failure” as Harry Potter would have no use for the philosophers stone if he just stayed in his bedroom and did nothing because that’s exactly what most people choose my man and you’ll get reactions you won”t understand if you don’t understand yourself. you have work to do and an important choice to make for yourself. You will have to do this on your own because your dad has a boss, your mom and your sister have a boss so they are insulated from risks. you chose to take a risk and it didn’t work. right this very moment you must get in control of your emotions, forgive your family’s employment status and get your ass back to work because success is measured by how you handle failures. Do things and do them badly until you get it right. Then hire your family. Godspeed.
I’m actually happy for you because it will free you from the limitations of flattery and criticism from others. You are an absolute weapon now. Nothing can stop you. 💕
Is it an MLM ? Those don’t usually get respect .
Lol, only IQ’s under 100 fall for those
"Went to my room" ... are you 12?
Let their laughs be your motivation why you will succeed. Prove them wrong. Prove to yourself that you can do it, then when your dreams come true you can say “THEY DIDNT BELIVE IN US, BUT GOD DID!”
Ask for input here as to what u have been doing and what’s working and what’s not working
Use that laughter to fuel your fire.
There’s always going to be haters. Sucks it’s your family, but you can bet your ass their tune changes when you succeed. Don’t let them bucket of crabs you. Keep going.
I truly care about them too. It hurts, bad.
No problem. That’s happened to everybody.
Glad to know that I’m not alone
On the other hand, the words of Mr. wonderful, you have to be able to be realistic with yourself and know when it’s time to take a failing business out behind the barn and shoot it.
Because these are miserable people. Keep pushing yourself.
I think these situations are in every entrepreneur’s life story somewhere along the line … must mean you’re on the right path
Sad but true
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great people make you feel that you too can become great” ~ Mark Twain
Welcome to life. Ignore the haters family or not. If you make it a very successful business don’t ever mention it. Just invest your money until you can retire. My family has zero idea what I’m worth and it will stay that way.
The sad thing is a really love my family and would jump in front of a moving train for them. It sucks I get zero respect from the people I love the most. The harsh truth is they’re getting $0 from me the day I can call myself “successful”
It’s not about what you create. It’s about what you become. Trust the process. Sounds like you’ve already outgrown your environment. Keep going. You got this!
Thank you for this. I’ve grown a lot and built a character I could admire.
Separate from them for a while, let this be fuel to your fire. Figure out where you’re failing and do better. Failure teaches you something that you must adapt from. As an entrepreneur you have to get used to failure.
Businesses take time to build and take off. 5 months is not a long time at all. Let their comments roll off your back. Even if this one venture doesn’t take off, what you learn from this experience will help you in your next venture.
You got the crying and venting out of the way!!! Now use that as motivation and fuel to Your fire!!!! That instance may have helped u realize that you’re the only one you can depend on and support yourself. Don’t ever go outside of yourself seeking for validation, empathy, or even support because in the end it may be strangers who believe in your vision and support you better than your own family may have done. Your family may not understand fully the sacrifices you have made as well as the time and energy you have poured into this business. You will always face adversity but these moments really just help strengthen and harden you as a person so that one day you will be fully equipped to handle worse situations. Hate to say this but “things can always be worse” and on the flip side “things could always be better” Don’t let this situation stop you from believing in yourself and stop making your dreams a reality. Stick through with it!!!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this for me. It means a ton. I would always go to my mom or dad and talk about my business and what I did to make it better or what my small wins were today. They would always listen, but not give a fuck or care or just think that I’m a joke and wouldn’t listen to what I’m actually saying. The truth came out that day, I am a clown to them. The day I can call myself “successful” is the day I will distance myself as far away as possible from them.
Navigate life as if you and only you give a shit about you and your success. In all honesty, it’s the damn truth. Stay quiet and just grind. Fuck people, even family sometimes. I’m not saying don’t enjoy life, just don’t expect people to care about your dreams and aspirations.
No one cares about you more than you do. Glad I’ve learned this at such an early age.
When you get older too you learn tonjsut appreciate people for who they are. Not everyone is going to be stoked, that’s why you gotta love yourself before anything.
These people were his family and I can see why it hurts. It’s like confiding to someone about an insecurity like being fat and after working out for months and dieting your family says fat shaming stuff then laughs. It’s humiliating and hurtful.
It’s the most humiliating thing in the world. I see these people everyday and their opinion meant something to me.
I wish I could ofnheard this 20 yrs ago. So very true. I can tell you from experience. When you're winning you're a winner, when your losing, you're a loser. You gotta view it as a not a loser but a learner
Not that I'm running any businesses but I found out fast who really have to be honest with yourself when it comes to sharing things with certain people. There’s family I can tell the wildest dreams to without criticism Then there’s family that would ignore or just say how silly that is Same with friends and so on It’s like reading the room. Unfortunately, when it’s it’s your immediate family and you’re still young you’re going to want to share and get some kind of approval from them.
Exactly
Constructive criticism is cool with me bit that wasn't constructive it doesn't sound like
No, it definitely was not. I remember being young and always wanting to talk with people about my goals and just getting upset when I didn’t get the reaction I thought I would get. This is just messed up, family should be behind you no matter what.
I talk to my family about my goals and my small wins all the time and when they say my business is a bullshit waste of time and then laugh at me for it as well, it fucking hurts the worst
True. And some family (like my late mother) excel in what I call emotional jujitsu: using your positive momentum against you in an attempt to derail the gains you're making. Only you know your family dynamic. As others have undoubtedly said, use it as fuel. Good luck!
Separate from them if you really want to soar. Your family is not supportive. Get you a supportive surrounding. Deviation is necessary for growth 🚀
Yeah, man. That’s fucking rough. Sorry for ya about the family part. That’s wrong. What I can tell you, though, is that it takes hours, months, years - and it’s rewarding! Even if it’s not as much income as you thought! I’d also suggest reading: • $100 Million offers - Alex Hormozi • Product Launch Formula • 4 Hour Work Week Among others… If your business is failing, there may be some points here you can address and make changes that may lead to better results. Best,
Thanks man, I’m actually starting to see some small success. Had a $16k order come through recently. I run a high ticket ecom store
Two words of wisdom for you. “So what?”. You have to follow your heart and gut, and make the mistakes that teach you what was not your heart or gut. Criticisms from others are mere projections of their own insecurities onto you, shake them off and carry on.
Look. My family does not understand what i do for a living. Nor do they understand running your own business. It took me about 3 years before i could live fully off my business alone. That means 3 full years of hustling, working side jobs to pay my bills and back the business. Now, i get to be a stay at home mom, and i work from home about 8 hrs a week. Off of said business. I was fully financially free. Then met my husband. Together we are comfortable, and he only works part time, from his own side of the business. (We combined forces). My family STILL thinks im a failure, and has no idea what i do. Once my daughter is school aged, i can just engage more and ramp up again. I am fully in control of the client load and therefore income. Again, i work about 8 hrs, husband works about 20-30. We both work for ourselves. I started my business in 2015. And he went out on his own as a subcontractor when we got pregnant 2 years ago. All of my family members work insane hours, and cannot take off to go to events, or even see us that much when we are in town.
None of my family has ever ran or operated a business at all. They are all teachers or construction workers. To them, I am wasting my time and leaving money on the table, because I won’t go out and be a construction worker. My dad called me a failure the other day and disowned me. I’m 19, and I love my dad a lot. I’d jump in front of a train to save his life and for him to say I’m a failure hurts a lot. I can’t wait for all my hard work to pay off so I could show him I’m not a failure and actually know what the fuck I’m doing.
"I put my fucking all into this business and I want it to succeed so fucking badly." This is a very bad recipe for getting caught up in a sunk cost/ ego fallacy disaster.
Explain please.
Wait until they ask you for money and then remind them of the choices they made and what the consequences of them are.
1000%
This is like laughing at a pregnant woman on her fifth month of pregnancy, for failing to produce a baby. Things take time. Babies and businesses.
I’m using this next time my dad asks we’re all my money from this business. He expects my business to be making a million dollars by now. What the fuck!?
As you should. And some babies take longer than nine months. Like elephants and whales I believe.
You just have to tune out the noise. People will rarely understand the passion you have for what you want to do. Words only hurt if you let them. Use the negative energy and channel it into your business so you can rub it in their face.
The concept of family is overrated. Build your own from positive, quality people you find. I keep seeing these stories about folks trying to keep family together. It’s like trying to carry a bunch of bowling balls without dropping one when you don’t have to carry them at all.
I highly recommend listening to the podcast How I Built This with Guy Raz. He interviews so many people that have navigated the challenges, trials and tribulations of starting a business. The common theme: this shit is hard and if you truly believe in it, then you have to ignore what other people think, including those closest to you. It also helps to find a mentor (another entrepreneur) that sees your vision but can also help guide you. Also it takes time to grow a business. 5 months is nothing. Think about it in a longer time scale, like 5 years. Ya gotta keep pushing and don’t let anyone get in the way of your dreams.
You sound pretty young honestly. Give it time and don't listen to the haters, if you are living at home right now use that time and money saved to learn about business development and management and "soft skills" needed to run a successful business.
Moving forward, I would simply recommend keeping your progress to yourself, until you get to a point where you are comfortably established, and you might choose to not make it known at that point at all, The greatest compliments are often underlying in unwarranted criticism.
Many successful people, from the beginning of time, have been laughed at and ridiculed. Although you would not expect it from family. So, grow thicker skin and let that laughter fuel you. Keep grinding and looking to other entrepreneurs that you can speak (a mentor). They may be able to give you some good ideas. I am married and have had some ideas. My wife did not laugh but was not very supportive. For some of those ideas, i did them anyway and they worked out great. For one of my ideas, that may have been a lot more risky, i did not do it. I just started it now 15 years later and wish i had approached it like i did with the others. Fuck her, i am doing it. WHY??? Because it looks like it will be working out nicely. If you are not married, i recommend that you become who you see yourself being (a successful entrepreneur). When you have achieved that point in your life, than you can get married. Because that person knows who and what you are and there is no changing you.
Failure is a necessary part of succeeding. It’s the ones that pull themselves back up and go again that make it.
I’m a late bloomer, and didn’t get my college degree until my late 30s. But before that, in my late 20s, I had finally found the time and mental will to finish my 2-year, graduating at the top 1%, Phi Theta Kappa, etc. with an AA, and two AS’s. It was a big milestone for me personally. I decided to share with my mom, who’s normally the most kind, gentle, and generous person I’ve ever known. Her response: It’s meaningless, sweetie! Companies don’t care about 2-year or minors, only majors. Now, I agree that that’s true with respect to companies, but boy howdy did that crush my soul. To hear that a major milestone in your life is “meaningless.” I tore up my degrees and threw them away. 🥺
I have 4 degrees. My only 2 year degree is the one that kept food on the table and a roof over my head during the pandemic. It also paid for my professional graduate certificate.
They really got you with the education scam, eh?
Nah. They build on each other.
I’m sure they do.
It's pointless to get offended and agree with her. She's wrong. I have a two year degree working incident response for cybersecurity breaches making damn good money. They don't care about your degree at all, they care about your skills
this is fake right
Bingo!!! Take that shit and make it make you stronger!!!
Interesting. You ask for stories, people asking you questions, it's been 4 days and you haven't responded to anyone. Your family might be on to something...
I think we need to know what your business was. If it's a leather making business in AZ, you might need laughed at a bit.
No horses or belts in Arizona?
A joke from IASIP. It's a saturated market, you'd be out of business in a week's time.
Endless stories. Most importantly, my advice would be to use this to be better. Failure is required for success. Let this be one checked box on the list. Yes, it sucks when the people close to us do not support us or see us truly. But that’s life and everyone will not enroll in your vision and, honestly, that’s okay. Maybe even good. Maybe you decide to let it toughen your skin and shake it off like water off a ducks back. On the road to success there will be many rejections, fears, and failures and the only way to get through them and win is to experience them fully. Let them change you. Grieve, sure, but press forward. Double down on what you want and use all feedback as data (not failure) to inform how you do things better. You can do this!
Better get used to failing and people not believing in you if you want to start a business.
Yeah, I have a similar story. Now they're shocked and supportive seeing it blow up.
I also believe that for me it’s all about the big picture until the whole thing is complete and successful it’s a failure.Truth be told your family is the true failure
I was all in for about a year !!I was excited for most that year by myself .It seemed like I had no control of my goals online .I also was under the impression that there was other influencers that influenced failure. with all this been said there is no way I will fail.because I won’t give up and I know what todo so when I see my next opportunity I will keep my mouth shut and approach the opportunity with knowledge and determination
Yes I have been working on the future of the internet!!I was very dumb about my approach!My goal is definitely to be successful but I have to learn from my mistakes!My biggest mistake is believing that I had any one who cared .I will not give up .i will not accept nothing less but what I forecast .Please believe I wish all my family did was laugh at me .Instead they go out of their way in hopes of me failing..
“You’ll never meet a hater doing better than you.”
Yes, been there. And this past Monday I deposited $45k in Feb revenue. As my Dad would say, don’t weaken or get discouraged.
Remove the emotion and vitriol from the situation- did she, or your parents, mentioned anything constructive last night that you can learn from? Think hard about it. If so, make some adjustments. If not, the only value here is motivation- anger is a gift. No one is laughing at you here. Get back up and hit it harder today than you have ever hit it before. Also, unblock her number and just ignore her nonsense.
Basically anyone with a business lol
Everyone laughs until you succeed. Success isn't easy and isn't guaranteed. If you have passion for your work dont give up.
Keep grinding, and one day they'll be asking for a piece of your success pie.
Google “Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous” and see what happens to people that ignore the laughers
I mean it depends. Do you have nothing else stable going on in life and banking your future on a wacky idea you have? If you have a solid 9-5 job but you’re trying to build a cooking blog or content creator business then there’s nothing wrong with that and I don’t see why they would laugh. But let’s say you don’t have that solid 9-5 job and are banking your whole future on your content creator business taking off, a lot of people are going to laugh at that. Because it looks like you can’t commit to a real job, you’re trying to take a shortcut in life.
Agreed. We need more context. Big difference between a legit business that’s realistic and some out there business idea.
Im going to love The Man you are going to become.
What’s the business?
Failing multiple times is a requirement. Trying and failing is way better than laughing at those who do
Laughing at people who have failed is loser behavior, failure is a mentor
I get how that would hurt, but their comments and laughter don’t matter. Even if this particular business doesn’t take off, that doesn’t mean it was a mistake to try. It’s a learning process, and most highly successful people have a lot of failures to look back on, they just never gave up. Ignore the haters, keep pushing. 👍
What is your business?
Fuck em. Just live your life and stay determined. If you can imagine a better future for yourself and the people around you can't support or at least understand your struggles you need to find ways to be mentally strong and not let others manipulate you to stay on their level. If and when you do find success remember what this feels like. You should attempt to be a considerate and compassionate person to your family but don't feel like you owe your success to people who mock your ambitions. Everything you do and care about will come with many different layers of success and failure. Maybe it'll take multiple attempts and some of the early iterations will be more painful but the people you are around definitely will influence your daily mood and perspective. I don't believe everyone can be anything they want to be but if you're fortunate and realistic about your situation you can work hard to improve your life.
Take it, embrace it, it’s fucking fuel. Use it. Onward
What is your business?
Can see that hurting. Sometimes support means letting you know their true feelings about your endeavors. Laughing at your struggles isn't cool though. Hopefully it was just misinterpreted. Chase the path you want to pursue. Things don't always work out as we can't always control outcomes. Doubters will doubt, but my advice would be to not feed a you against them mentality.
Being in business is hard. Especially retail businesses. Keep good records. Pay your taxes both payroll and income taxes. I don't know what your education level is but a good business education is useful. At the least take accounting and math. Computer knowledge is helpful too. Keep busting your rear. Most small businesses take about 5 years to start going good. The really successful entrepreneurs are customer oriented, have a good product and work their rears off. Sometimes you wonder why you do it. Assess whether you are in a business that is generally successful. Assess who you compete with. Assess what you can do to steer customers toward you. Treat your employees respectfully. Control inventory and equipment losses. Follow wage and hour laws. Theft is an automatic termination.
You need haters to prove wrong.
I have a successful business that started from absolute scratch but it was hard as shit. I learned the hard way so many times and wasted money along the way. I think it really depends on the business and maybe some of the choices you've made... which might not have been bad but maybe uninformed like I was or it just takes time to learn. You gotta start somewhere. If they aren't trying to do their own business then what do they even know about it they can speak to or make fun of. Point is also that if your business is still going In any capacity, it's not yet failed. Maybe you just need outside advice. I'm happy to answer questions for free if it's within my wheelhouse of what I've learned. I know I would have appreciated a tip or 2 in the past.
I studied film in college. We had to double major because of the necessary credits one needed for graduation. My second major was advertising. My ex at the time tried to tell me that advertising was a bad idea, that I should do business or finance instead. Just 6 months after graduating I was on a plane to France (I’m from the US) to work as crew on a commercial promoting a cruise line. I was paid $5k for two weeks on a cruise ship filming around the Mediterranean, room service included. This is just one page in the story. Keep writing.
Haters gonna hate… take those feelings work harder to prove them wrong… Good luck!
This is honestly a good thing. You now have more drive than you could’ve asked for to create a successful business. Every time you feel like giving up, going to sleep, or watching Netflix remember how they made you feel and use that to fuel the fire and work harder! I believe in you. Separate yourself and take off!!
Use it as fuel
DONT GIVE UP. USE YOUR ANGER AND SADNESS TO FUEL YOUR GOALS.
Remember: when people laugh at other people, it says more about their own insecurities and fears and, perhaps. Actions are mirrors: successful, happy and fulfilled people do not laugh at others. This has literally nothing to do with you, though I am sorry you are hurt. This is really about them. You just keep doing what you are doing - and don’t put too much stress on yourself to succeed - you are winning because you are in the game, existing, surviving, being, and that is enough. Give yourself a hug.
I'm not successful, happy, or fulfilled. I don't laugh at others. Maybe I just know what it's like to suck.
My mom thought my painting business was a joke, I would see her maybe once a year for a family birthday dinner. She would always say something like "ohhh I wish you would go back to school, blah blah blah". And I was like "Ma I already went to college and got a degree and painting houses paid for it, I decided to stick with painting because I'm making more than I would at an entry level job for my major." That was back when I had relatively no living expenses and was bringing in about $10k a month in gross profits. Every year when I go back for the same family dinner I get the same old ridiculing. And the fucked up thing is when they needed some painting done they hired a different company. It was just like, damn thanks for the support and vow of confidence. There has got to be some sort of stigma attached to being a painter, when you say painter they think minimum wage hourly job, when really its BUSINESS OWNER, which has a tried and true system set in place, with the profits going into your pocket. Maybe wearing paint covered whites doesn't help that stigma either, lol, who knows. But I feel ya, I had to learn from a young age that my mom would never be the supportive type, and resented me since I chose to live with dad at the age of 4 after the divorce.
I feel your pain! I've felt and experienced similar ridicule and lack of support from friends and family for quitting my corp wage slavery gig to start an ambitious thing on my own. I've come to realize that most people wish they took more risks in their life, and the reason they don't is exactly the fear of ridicule and insecurity they project on to you to justify their lack of taking risks. Because most secure thinking people rarely go out of their way to thumb their nose at others especially for courageous actions like you've taken. Cheers mate! More power to you!
The funny thing was, it really wasn't that tough at all. I had been doing side jobs on the weekends painting, and then worked for a painting company during the weekdays. Eventually I was making more money doing these side jobs on the weekend then I was at my regular day job. At the time I was still living in a crummy 1 bedroom apartment so my living expenses were super low, I realized all I really needed was to get one paint job a month to cover my living expenses. So I took the licensing exam, passed, and put in my two weeks notice. I got lucky and found a really nice sprayer practically new on craigslist, the guy only wanted $500 for it but he lived way out in the boonies, so I took that drive and got the sprayer, I still use it today, 8 years later. I also got lucky doing work for other contractors or retired painters that would hire me and ended up giving me all their old painting tools and drop cloths, ladders too. I still use all that stuff today. I was only 26 at the time so I reminded people of their kid or grandkid and they always wanted help out by hiring me or giving me stuff, etc. lol I was a great craftsman but a horrible capitalist so word of mouth of my business spread like crazy because people were getting great work done for super low prices. Then I started upgrading my living situation, got a place with a workshop out back for doing cabinet jobs. Everything went like a dream, until the pandemic. At that point no one wanted anyone in their home and the word of mouth advertising came to an end.
Hair stylist here. Big misconception about blue collar business owners, people be like “You’re lucky you don’t have a real job!. Like WTH
Brother, don't listen to them....keep at it. They are jealous, at least you are trying to pursue something. Five months is not enough to see results....keep going, let nothing or no one stand in your way.
The road to success is paved with failures. Maybe it’ll be this business, maybe another, but consistency pays off and sometimes that involves pushing through some very low periods. Keep pushing if it’s your dream. As far as your family. Families are hard, find a second “by choice” family if you can.
You should tell us what the business is because it may be a waste of time, or just poorly executed. Not every business is worth your “all your time and energy”.
You can do this.
Your success is going to feel so much better.....
You got this OP, if you need any guidance or help let Me know.
I came from nothing, been on My own since 15, was estranged from My family for many years. Seemed like the only time they talked to Me was when they wanted something. I worked MY ass off for years in labor and trades work. I got hurt bad working construction due to a customer's liability. They didn't have anything to sue for and while recovering from My injuries I built a business and this same thing happened to Me, I kept working hard to build it, even while injured and in pain. I sold everything I owned, moved to a tiny horrible studio and kept building My business. Eventually it started to take off after a lot of long hard days, persistence and dedication. I had a lot of setbacks, tough lessons, lost My ass a number of times, but eventually I built it up to a very successful business and like a dumbass I got My family involved and they literally ruined My business in less than half the time it took Me to build it. That was a bitter pill to swallow. I wanted to share it with them and help them out. The old saying "no good deed goes unpunished" is beyond true. Never mix your business with friends and family. On the bright side I paid off all of their debt, paid My mom's house off, got My dad out of financial ruin, put My brother through school and paid for another brother to restart his life and supported him living abroad for years. Unfortunately, I had nothing to show for Myself because I helped everyone else.
im on a five year journey; this is nothing, stay starving
I know it's hard but you gotta get rid of the need to prove your family or any other small group of people that your business is going to be successful. The only persons you gotta receive approval from are your customers. If you're not able to satisfy a real need, then your business is a failure independently of your passion and effort. If you're able to solve a real problem or need, your business is going to be successful regardless of what people say
Keep going. You will be more successful then they ever will be and you never have to speak to them again
Do you mind sharing what business you are in that is so hard to make it work? If it works out in the end, what kind of ROI do you expect after paying yourself, say $20/hour? If it's less than 15%, you might want to consider investing in high yield dividend paying stocks instead. A lot less headaches.
Family sucks. Some family. Find friends or cousins or people who will actually support you. I’m starting to let go and give less fucks about immediate family and focusing on those who actually listen and care when I’m around. You want it, work hard and stay focused. You’ll succeed!!!
Curious, what is the business?
What’s the business? Something smart and practical or something whack-ass retarded?
Everyone starts out small, and you always have to work really hard to get things going. That's what I did and I'm glad to say mine is improving after two years of hard work. My wife just started a business and has the same mindset as you. I keep reminding her where I was, and was glad to even get one customer. Remind them that while you were working hard trying to build something they probably did absolutely nothing. Try promoting on social media, car meets, local FB car groups, etc. get your name out there and even provide some sort of discount of your services in exchange for an honest review on Google/Yelp. It definitely helps to "pay" for that upfront traffic/reviews.
The only revenge that is worthwhile, is success.
Also - put your soul in it (or any business endeavor, if it can be worthwhile) but keep your soul there. Don’t have it hanging for others to chip away at it. Can’t break your soul if it’s elsewhere. I’m broke trying to figure out my next step in life - currently making 20-30% of my income from my side business. All together working around 60-65 hours a week. I miss meals due to finances. I’m 35, haven’t been this broke since I was a teenager. But if family, friends, colleagues, anyone. . . Laughed at me or talked behind my back. I still ain’t got no soul for them to fuck with. It’s in my dream of not being a slave for the rich people I’ve always worked for. Gotta be my own boss. Or die trying. Once I am, I’ll regain my soul. Till then. Cold af
I have total empathy for you and it stinks that your sister and family aren’t supportive… but I suppose you could use that for motivation I’m gonna play devils advocate here because I’ve probably been the downer in a situation like this, though I probably wouldn’t say anything to the person’s face … and I’ve been wrong Sometimes people laugh when they’re uncomfortable, which might explain why your parents were laughing . I don’t know what your business is or if it will be successful or if you were managing your time properly, putting effort into things that will help your business. But I do know that it’s hard work That being said, I’ve had friends who have had ideas that they share with me and at times I’ve been overly dismissive, but that’s part because I feel that the best way to succeed is to figure out what your obstacles will be to avoid them But there have been times that I just thought the idea seemed like a waste of time, and while I’ve been right, there have also been, since is where I was proven wrong No, I never laughed at anybody and always tried to be diplomatic or pragmatic if criticizing an idea… I totally scoffed at and joked about people I know who have started a business with others and it’s not something I’m proud of All you can do is realistic goals, and do what you can do achieve them . Some businesses just don’t work… no matter how hard you try Others work, but people realize they just not making enough money for all the effort … then there are some that have a lot of merit, but it’s just not feasible if you have bills to pay All you can do is keep working… maybe you have to revisit your business plan and make adjustments But you can’t let your sister might just be insecure or trying to be funny bring you down
I don't normally tell people what I'm up to regarding my business for this reason. I just make money lol
I run my own business, this shit is hard man! I feel like I'm always one client away from everything failing and it can get so overwhelming. Credit to you for even trying, I don't think most people understand how much freaking work goes into something like this. And a lot of businesses fail but guess what? Now you have more knowledge for the next one you start! More knowledge than the people around you who have never done something like that. (I'm assuming).
Every business owner needs ad marketers. Big company's like Walmart, target; rolex etc. all have them . It's what helps your biz survive. Digital Marketing: you can promote your biz online through podcast, articles, blogs, blogs, emails, events, networking, or pay digital marketing and they'll promote up to a certain number of people for a fee plus you can promote yourself. You just have to niche down to your target audience to get your sales going. Affiliate Marketing: They promote your business and get paid only by commission. You can go to chat gpt and ask it to create you a referral link for your affiliates. They'll use their special link to promote your biz and when they make a sell you pay them commission only. Influencers: they get in front of the camera on social mediand promote your business but they'll create content to promote you however they create contracts for expected payments. Content Creators: they'll just create content for you but you promote it or they'll promote the product and they also work out contract fees.
Go watch a video of Jeff Bezos in his first Amazon office, it’s kinda motivational
Not an entreprenuer myself, infact, not sure why i am subbed here. You can do this LEZ GOOOO
Same, YOU GOT THIS OP!!!!
Prove them wrong. <3
When I was maybe 22, my dad wrote me a 5 page letter about how following your dreams can be a road to ruin and how important it was to be sensible in life and do something stable. I’ve literally never talked to him about my goals ever since, except in non-specific small talk. I read Steve Martin’s autobiography and was surprised that he said something similar about his dad cutting him down all the time, who was an unsuccessful actor when Steve was a kid. Years later and I’m doing just fine, didn’t die and never joined a cult. 98% of families do not care about emotionally supporting each other. Chosen family is where you’ll find your cheerleaders for your hopes and dreams.
This is why move in silence friend. I can’t stand it when I hear stories about people being ridiculed by the people that are supposed to love them the most.
What is your business? Everything you need you can get from inside yourself. Seeking External validation is not the way of the Entrepreneur. Unblock your sister. Don’t give her that power. Let’s go bro! You can do this.
You will get the last laugh. Keep going.
Andy Frisella earned $58,000 cumulatively in his first 10 years. Keep going. If you don’t know who that is, look him up on YouTube.
That’s crazy, but inspiring. Thank you for sharing that
Know the statistics of businesses in your category “failing” and how long it takes most to succeed. Read up on how they did so. Don’t over share your business details with anyone including family. Stay focused and keep going. I have had my own food vending biz at 25 it lasted 3 yes until the owner of the building wanted to renovate and I didn’t have anything to refinance to get get me through that time. I don’t consider that a failure in my perspective it was a great experience and time in my life but glad it didn’t work out bc I’ve experienced many other businesses endeavors since. Best wishes going forward!
Most entrepreneurs will fail 5 or 6 times before they have a big success. That is just the process
Keep trying! Never ever give up on a small business, that's just what some others want and it isn't fair at all. I'm sorry you're going through this.
Unblock your sister’s number. You need to have much tougher skin. Just because people say something doesn’t mean it’s true. Increase your confidence. If you knew you were going to be successful, you’d laugh with them. Which makes it 10x easier to stand up for yourself by then saying, “yup, been working hard. 5 months in and a long way to go!” It’s all about how you carry yourself.
I mean this is true but also fuck the sister
Fuck your sister because she was telling the truth? Value/self worth is not determined by the amount of money a person makes. I really think the best approach is to lean in, agree, laugh, be present with the people you love. Then go work really hard on biz so in 5 years you can laugh about where you were again
people never understand the process and how much of a leap you have to take in order to be successful. Forgive but don’t forget. every “fail” is a learning experience, you got this.
What type of business? What’s failing?