I’m about to get a lot of negative feedback.

Why? Because I’m going to be starting to put myself and my biggest project (The Impact Factor Movie) on the firing line.

Note: I’m not saying I won’t get lots of positive feedback! I already have received wonderful comments and that won’t stop!

Many people are going to LOVE this film!

But, like most creative people, my eyes go straight to the negative comments. Drawn like a criticism addict to every drop of negativity.

Ten RAVING reviews and one bad one? You know which one I’ll be focused on.

There’s a reason why many artists have learned to avoid reading ANY reviews.

That said, I’m a pretty level-headed guy. I know that I do some things well and MANY things I could do better on.

The way to find things to do better is to know that problems exist.

Negative comments still hurt.

My usual process is to read them, write them on a list, and put the list away for a day or two.

I find negative comments look WAY more like opportunities to make something better a day or two after I get them.

Negative comments shouldn’t be ignored, they should be listened to and considered (hopefully, after that first wave of emotion passes.)

Remember, you get the final choice about what you create.

Part of making informed choices is LISTENING.

I’ll be soaking up all of the positive comments at the moment and using them to keep my balance as I write down my list of things to make better.

What’s your process for making things better? 

All the best,

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Ken McArthur

Best-Selling Author and Producer

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P.S. Like I always say, working together, we can do so much more than we can alone.  Here are a few ways I might be able to help.

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P.P.S. Here’s the addresses to find me on Twitter and Facebook …

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About Ken McArthur

Ken McArthur is the founder of ConnectLab.live, an AI relationship-intelligence and warm-intro platform that helps founders who are raising find the funds that fit and the people who can introduce them, and helps fund managers connect with the founders they back. He was recently accepted into Harvard Business School Foundry. He also writes Raise Smarter, a daily newsletter on what's really moving in early-stage fundraising. Ken challenges us to realize we ALL have an impact, whether we want to or not, on thousands of people we touch in our day-to-day lives, and he shows that simple things make a HUGE difference. ConnectLab.live grew out of that belief. Connection is the currency of the 21st Century, and the right introduction can change a company's future. Long before ConnectLab, Ken was the popular host of live events that brought together top-level marketers, entrepreneurs, business owners, corporations and non-profit organizations to build multi-million dollar joint venture relationships. He has managed product launches ranked in the top 400 sites on the Internet and is regularly asked to speak at leading marketing events. He created AffiliateShowcase.com, a pioneering affiliate program search engine and directory. He also founded the MBS Internet Research Center, which conducted the world's largest survey ever attempted on creating and launching successful information products. Ken was the official mentor for Sterling Valentine as he took his launch from zero to over $100,000 in less than 8 days, a proof of concept documented in Info Product Blueprint. Today he puts that same skill for connecting people and launching ideas to work for founders and the investors who back them.

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