134 - Haters

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In this episode, I say "haters gonna hate" quite a few times. Subscribe: ITUNES | ANDROID | STITCHER | RSS FEED Music and links from this episode So What by Soft and Furious Unity by Kevin MacLeod 5 Piece by Black Ant Line-by-line notes I think the biggest thing That stops anybody from doing anything Is people being afraid of what other people will think of them We’re pack animals, and we want to please everybody Because of that, we’re afraid that people will hate us But, sometimes, people like to hate people This is AADA, and I’m Craig Burgess MUSIC As you can probably imagine Since I decided to start a podcast on January 1st I’ve had a lot of conversations with people about podcasts They’ve been varied Some people love podcasts Some people hate them And some people have never heard of them But inevitably, I always say to them “Why don’t you start a podcast?” And they usually say “ooo no, I couldn’t do that” At this point, I always love digging a bit deeper and finding out why Some people think they haven’t got the ability to do one, which is understandable Some people think they aren’t interesting enough But a lot of people just don’t want to put themselves out there They’re scared of what people will think of them And they’re scared of the haters I always try to explain to them at this point that “haters gonna hate” That no matter what you do If somebody doesn’t like you Or doesn’t like what you’re doing People will hate you no matter what You can’t please everybody It’s just impossible And if you try to please everybody, you just turn into somebody that nobody likes It took me a long time to appreciate this I’ve always been a pretty outspoken kind of person But I do like pleasing people I don’t want anybody to hate me I try to get on with everybody, and I’m nice to anybody Because of that, I don’t like thinking that there’s people out there that just won’t like me Just my personality, just me being me, will annoy some people, and there’s nothing I can do about that That’s exactly the same with starting a podcast, making videos, writing blog posts, or designing something Everything you do will not please everybody, and there’s going to be haters out there There’s people out there right now who hate you For no real reason, they just can’t stand you for being you And there’s nothing you’ll ever be able to do about that So what do you do about that? If you’re designing something new, and that person hates everything you do It’s not your fault, it’s theirs. Unless your work is rubbish of course, but I’m hoping you can work that one out. Your work will not please everybody And the sooner you find out what your work is, and what you want to do The better your work will get, because you’ll stop trying to produce work that everybody will like You’ve got to stop caring about everybody, and start just doing what you what to do Do what pleases you Do what interests you And ignore everybody else Haters gonna hate anyway. MUSIC This was AADA and I'm Craig Burgess Music featured in this episode was So What by Soft and Furious Unity by Kevin MacLeod 5 Piece by Black Ant For a line by line rundown... /ep134 If you want more updates about my podcast, follow me on Twitter at craigburgess I'm back tomorrow Support Ask a Designer Anything Ask a Designer Anything Website Twitter (@craigburgess) Ask a Designer Anything on Facebook Leave me a review on iTunes