Everyone loves to root against the successful people and teams. For every fan of the NY Yankees, there are 2 or 3 more who hate them.
Business people have been taught to fight for their life everyday. Often this leads to people quasi-violently defending their ideas, their passions, their actions. The social internet revolution has allowed attacks to come from any direction at anytime now. It is not a viable strategy to defend yourself from each attack you receive. You don’t have time for that.
The worst part are the people who fight with you to get their own notoriety. They’re picking a fight with a bigger entity to get attention to themselves. People love to root for the little guy, the underdog, and if someone can get themselves into that role – they’ll gain as much from losing a fight as winning.
What this means for you is that if you find it necessary to defend yourself from an attack – or start an attack – be the underdog in the fight. Don’t be the big guy, the established champion, the bully. If you are then you are only legitimizing the attack from below.
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Agreed, and I understand what you mean but… like my dad said when I was a kid… if you’re going to prove yourself, pick the biggest guy in the bar and break his fkn nose and put him down quick… the respect will follow.
Translate that how you will, but it applies just the same.