In this episode, I say "haters gonna hate" quite a few times.

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So What by Soft and Furious

Unity by Kevin MacLeod

5 Piece by Black Ant

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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

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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.

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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

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