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Ricky Nelson and Your Home Internet Business

by Stephen Beck

I am not the type of guy that thinks before I act. I follow the "shoot first and ask questions later" philosophy. This is great if you take criticism and rejection well. Unfortunately I am not that type of person.

You see, I am not the type of person that likes to get all up in the business of others. I do not have a problem with helping someone with advice if they ask for it. What I will not do is offer advice without being asked first.

As a home internet business owner, I have discovered that there are a lot of people who do not share this philosophy. They constantly email me with their advice and opinion on how to do things in my selling information business. Its amazing, its like they watch my every move and provide commentary on it.

There are plenty of critics for you as an owner of a home internet business to point out your flaws. They know every mistake you make practically as soon as you make it and are quick to tell you about it. Some of them even make accusations against you based upon what they perceive to be your hidden motive behind the business decisions you make.

It is amazing where people find the time to type up a 2-3-page email telling you why you are doing certain things in your business. They must be real online business prophets. It is too bad I do not possess their insight!

This is exactly what I learned from Ricky Nelson about online business opportunities. As the son of Ozzie and Harriet, Ricky wrote a song that I liked as a kid. His style was more of the malt shop songs from the 50's until suddenly he had a change in style. It was made very clear how much of a shift he made at a concert he did in New York at Madison Square Garden. Everything was different, his music, his hairstyle and his clothes.

In the middle of the show he got booed by the audience. Surprised and discouraged, Ricky left the stage. Later on he shared his thoughts:

"I went to a Garden Party, to reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again.

When I got to the Garden Party, they all knew my name, but no one heard the music- I didn't look the same.

But it's all right now. I learned my lesson well. You see you can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself."

Ricky later entitled these lyrics "Garden Party" and it became one of his best selling songs in his career. Even though he went against what the crowd felt he should be doing, he ended up being better for it in the end.

Ricky correctly pointed out "you can't please everyone, so you gotta please yourself." I also believe you should add to this "you gotta please the Lord."

The key lesson that I learned from Ricky Nelson is to be true to yourself. After all, if the critics knew what they were talking about, they would be building their own home internet business instead of criticizing yours!

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Copyright Stephen Beck, 2009
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