Moreover, I would argue that polarising opinion is often a fairly good sign that you're doing something right. Indeed, I think success can be achieved by:

1. Being very useful to a large amount of people, but avoiding controversy and therefore having few serious critics (say, Problogger.net)

or

2. Being useful, but outspoken and controversial, and attracting many more rabid fans and detractors as a result (say, TechCrunch)

I think it's very hard to achieve any kind of success with *just* detractors, although again the observation that these individuals are often just as attentive and dedicated as your biggest fans is worth observing. But nobody can please everybody, and I would suggest that those that think they do need to improve their observational skills a little.

Moreover, I would argue that polarising opinion is often a fairly good sign that you're doing something right. Indeed, I think success can be achieved by:

1. Being very useful to a large amount of people, but avoiding controversy and therefore having few serious critics (say, Problogger.net)

or

2. Being useful, but outspoken and controversial, and attracting many more rabid fans and detractors as a result (say, TechCrunch)

I think it's very hard to achieve any kind of success with *just* detractors, although again the observation that these individuals are often just as attentive and dedicated as your biggest fans is worth observing. But nobody can please everybody, and I would suggest that those that think they do need to improve their observational skills a little.

Moreover, I would argue that polarising opinion is often a fairly good sign that you're doing something right. Indeed, I think success can be achieved by:

1. Being very useful to a large amount of people, but avoiding controversy and therefore having few serious critics (say, Problogger.net)

or

2. Being useful, but outspoken and controversial, and attracting many more rabid fans and detractors as a result (say, TechCrunch)

I think it's very hard to achieve any kind of success with *just* detractors, although again the observation that these individuals are often just as attentive and dedicated as your biggest fans is worth observing. But nobody can please everybody, and I would suggest that those that think they do need to improve their observational skills a little.

Moreover, I would argue that polarising opinion is often a fairly good sign that you're doing something right. Indeed, I think success can be achieved by:

1. Being very useful to a large amount of people, but avoiding controversy and therefore having few serious critics (say, Problogger.net)

or

2. Being useful, but outspoken and controversial, and attracting many more rabid fans and detractors as a result (say, TechCrunch)

I think it's very hard to achieve any kind of success with *just* detractors, although again the observation that these individuals are often just as attentive and dedicated as your biggest fans is worth observing. But nobody can please everybody, and I would suggest that those that think they do need to improve their observational skills a little.

Moreover, I would argue that polarising opinion is often a fairly good sign that you're doing something right. Indeed, I think success can be achieved by:

1. Being very useful to a large amount of people, but avoiding controversy and therefore having few serious critics (say, Problogger.net)

or

2. Being useful, but outspoken and controversial, and attracting many more rabid fans and detractors as a result (say, TechCrunch)

I think it's very hard to achieve any kind of success with *just* detractors, although again the observation that these individuals are often just as attentive and dedicated as your biggest fans is worth observing. But nobody can please everybody, and I would suggest that those that think they do need to improve their observational skills a little.

Moreover, I would argue that polarising opinion is often a fairly good sign that you're doing something right. Indeed, I think success can be achieved by:

1. Being very useful to a large amount of people, but avoiding controversy and therefore having few serious critics (say, Problogger.net)

or

2. Being useful, but outspoken and controversial, and attracting many more rabid fans and detractors as a result (say, TechCrunch)

I think it's very hard to achieve any kind of success with *just* detractors, although again the observation that these individuals are often just as attentive and dedicated as your biggest fans is worth observing. But nobody can please everybody, and I would suggest that those that think they do need to improve their observational skills a little.