Starter Story - stop talking sh*t online

^^^ a very important lesson

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A while back I had a wild exchange on Twitter.

I posted a tweet and shut my computer, thinking nothing of it.

A few hours later, I came back to 500K+ views and dozens of DMs.

What the… 👀

My first thought was: wow, that one went viral – nice!

But it wasn’t for the reason you think…

So here’s what happened:

I posted a story about meeting a successful founder we featured on our youtube channel (which I do all the time).

My #1 goal in sharing these stories is to inspire people to start their own business.

But this dude had replied to my tweet and his responses got a ton of attention:

That founder is a f*cking lie.

Stop sharing hustle porn.

This dude wrote out PARAGRAPHS about why he didn't like this person or his business and believed he was a fraud.

And it was getting A LOT of engagement.

Likes. Comments. Replies. Retweets.

Everyone on Twitter was dogpiling on me and this other dude.

Why was this guy so mad?

I responded (probably shouldn't have) and that set him off even more.

Starter Story is filled with BS like this.

You’re a crook.

I gotta admit… this didn't feel good.

His negativity bred even more negativity.

It brought out the dark depths of Twitter.

The haters. The basement dwellers. The keyboard warriors.

What he was saying had no truth to it.. but it was believable if you didn't have all of the facts.

I hated this whole experience... It ruined my day, and distracted me from working on my business.

And sure enough, the next day, the whole thing blew over.

Everyone forgot and moved onto the next drama.

So... a few months go by, and then one day I get this DM:

Yo Pat we just launched our product – wanna check it out?

The name looked and sounded familiar.

I know this guy…

Guess what?

It was THAT dude!

The balls he had to DM me after sh*tting on me was crazy.

You bet your ass I didn’t respond.

I don’t think his product ever took off 🤷

Now, I’m not trying to be a dick about it.

But this whole episode reminded me of my #1 rule in building online:

Never, ever, ever be negative.

It's very, very tempting to do it.

And often, it will get you likes, comments, and temporary satisfaction.

But... you never know how it might come back to you.

There’s a saying that goes:

“Pessimists sound smart, optimists get rich.”

This dude had his 5 minutes of fame by being negative on my post.

And that came back to bite him.

99% of the successful people I know are super positive, happy, and avoid drama.

They don’t have time for negativity.

Because they’re too busy building a successful life and a successful business.

I think people sh*t post because they want attention.

But if you’re trying to build a business, this is NOT the type of attention you want.

So this Thursday, I’m running another free workshop.

I will be sharing how I built a $1M business while working only two hours a day and without having the perfect idea.

I’m going to talk about how to actually get attention online and distribute your ideas – the right way.

I might even share a few more lessons on what NOT to do online :)

Register here and see you tomorrow!

– Pat

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