Success vs. The Vampire
Today I went to visit a old employer. The company is a small web design firm and they also own one of the premier blogging indexes on the Internet.
When I went to meet with them, I never thought that I was going to meet a vampire. Yes a vampire, a blood and energy sucking person that lives to destroy ideas and dreams.
I was discussing one of my “next million dollar ideas” and from the sentence “hey this is a cool idea” I was told how it was not going to be successful and how it could not be done. As the fangs grew from vampire he spewed the word NO, and NO and ummmmmmm NO. The vampire sensed a creative idea and a “different” way of doing something so it started salivating and showed the vampire fangs. At first I started trying to prove my point, bringing out my stake but then after a moment I stopped and just bit my tongue.
I can waste my time and energy fighting off the vampire OR I can focus on growing and making my ideas a success.
So how does success deal with the vampire? Success has to understand that there is nothing that can be done to change the vampire or even influence the vampire. The vampire, either born as a natural vampire OR transformed over time, it is what it is …… a energy sucking and success deflating entity. We wonder if the vampire even knows of its behavior. Even if the vampire knows it is not my place to try to transform or even slay the vampire.
Never let a HOW get in the way of a great what!!!
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October 5th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Thank you for sharing!
October 11th, 2007 at 12:50 am
“So how does success deal with the vampire?”
Just get the sense to identify him/her/them and then avoid them. In modern psychological literature ‘vampirism’ is sometimes refered to as a kind of mobbing.
There are a lot of ways to get mobbed.
In older literature (1930s and before) this mobbing factor is sometimes defined as vampirism. The best way to deal with it is to avoid vampires. If you cant, then there are ‘other ways’, like putting on a spiritual armour, however these measures take time, training, a lot of courage, energy and decision.
A rather simple and easy way to deal with it is prayer. However then you usually need patience and some other virtues to get results in reality.
October 11th, 2007 at 3:27 am
You need garlic and if it does not work, get a nail to nail the vampire for good!
October 14th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
That is some story Gylon. I don’t know what to think of it.
This is what I might offer up. You are making a mistake if you are looking for others to give your ideas value and perhaps a bigger mistake if you begrudge others for not giving you what you want.
I’ll give you an example. I work with many advertising agencies. And, as you know, I believe that social media is a critical part of any communication plan. So naturally, because I like these advertising agencies, sometimes I talk about to them social media and offering blogs to their various clients. Not all of them are interested. So … I don’t bring it up again.
They are not vampires for not embracing social media and saying no.
On the contrary, they likely do not see the value because I have not perfected my idea. Sometimes, they say things that make sense … which might mean that idea needs to land on the scrap pile of a ‘million’ million dollar ideas that float around here every day. And sometimes it just means that I have not found the right mix or message for the idea. So, I go back to the drawing board.
I agree with you that an employer can diminish some good ideas that employees put forth. But you are not the employee in this case. You are the employer of you and it is your idea. Only you are responsible for seeing it become a success if you believe in it.
Be thankful that you know someone who will tell you what they think and not what you want to hear. Not everybody has that.
You are a good guy based form what I can tell. But please be careful. You cannot expect others to give you or your ideas merit. That can only come from you. And that is how you defeat a vampire… because the vampire is never on the outside… it’s only on the inside.
Be good and all my best,
Rich