I've been feeling a bit downhearted this week after two bits of robust feedback, one of which made me feel told off and one of which made me feel a bit useless at something I'm working hard to learn.

I shared how I felt with a friend, who is actually spectacularly successful at this thing and he immediately pulled me up and reminded me that I need only take feedback from people who have successfully done what I want to do, quite frankly, nobody else's opinion counts.

It's going to be an interesting balancing act going forwards....

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Hi everyone, Nicola here, and I'm back in sunny shore and by sea.

Well it certainly is today anyway, it wasn't the day I arrived. I'm staying with Phoebe and Nelson for a few days on route to Australia. And, of course, while I'm in Australia the whole Brexit thing's going to kick off. So I'll be coming back after that happens.

And who knows whether they'll let me into any of the countries I want to go to when I come back. We'll have to wait and see won't we?

So, one of the first things that happened when I got back was that Phoebe and I went to lunch with a very charismatic character called Fox. Who I've known for a little while now. He and his partner were in the back of a Worthing Chamber of Commerce speaking gig I did. And it was really great, 'cause they immediately started to talk to me afterwards. And we realised that we had a lot in common. And we had lunch and got to know each other.

Anyway, Phoebe and I went for lunch with Fox, and he is watching these videos, which is really interesting, because when you're making them, sometimes you think that you're talking to just one person. I always try and picture my ideal client. I've got several ideal clients.

So I sort of picture them in my head when I'm talking to them. And Fox I didn't think would ever become a client of mine. But he's actually making noises like he'd like to work with me. Which is really cool. And also he'd like to work with Phoebe. Which is even more cool. And the funny thing is that you just make these videos, and you don't know who's watching.

And there's lots of people watching out there, and they're all thinking, do I like this person? Does she have anything that she could teach me? Does she have anything that she could do for me? And am I getting a sense from these videos that this is someone I would like to work with?

So, you've got to keep doing them though, because the lack of response sometimes makes you think there's nobody watching. But I can promise you, there is. And Fox was very complimentary about the message in the videos, and the way I deliver them. And the fact that he really feels that he can relate to me through what I'm saying on these one minute videos and my VZINES.

So, it was a very nice reminder that there are people listening and people watching, and that I should keep going with them even sometimes when I don't feel like it. So thank you very much to everyone who watches and listens. I really appreciate you.

I'm off to the pictures tonight with Phoebes. We've been having a lovely lazy weekend, after going out on Friday night to the local. And we're going to see, I'm not actually sure, it's an action adventure thriller with a young female part person part cartoon protagonist. So, I'm looking forward to seeing that, because I'm trying to write action thrillers at the moment. I've got more to say about that in a little bit. So, let's get on with the show, shall we?

So,