TJ Walker says fear of negative comments stops people from posting videos and building influence online. He names the attacks people worry about: appearance, intelligence, personal attacks. Holding back costs you career growth, income, and reach.
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Let's get real for a moment. The reason you don't post videos here on other social media platforms is fear. Fear of negative comments. People might not agree with you, they might not think you're good looking. They might want to pick apart your hair, your face, your smile, your teeth. They may say you're stupid. Guess what? All of that could happen. But you are not helping yourself. You're not helping your career by holding back. You need to get in the arena. We live in a world where increasingly it's creators and consumers. And if all you're doing is consuming, you're holding back your career, you're holding back your income, you're holding back your ability to influence others for good purposes, to benefit you, your organization, your charity, whatever it is you're promoting. So just stop it. Get over the fact that someone might not like you. Someone's going to leave a negative comment for this video. That's okay. I'm comfortable living with that. I hope you can build comfort too, because holding back from speaking out is only hurting you.