Comments on: Pushing Through the Hesitation of Social Media

By: Sandy Schussel

Sandy Schussel — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:22:37 +0000

Alex,
Thanks for the comments. Great motivational quotes and song lyrics can help those who need to stay on track and true to who they are. The same is true of non-toxic people–those that will support you, even if they don’t understand you. People who won’t, out of their own fears, try to hold you back.

One I love is from Gandhi: We must BE the change we want to see in this world.

Keep doing what you’re doing.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:40:06 +0000

Alex, I think what strikes me most about your generous comments is that they are based on humility and authenticity, so thank you and let me take the opportunity to post your website as well. Your shout outs are a reminder of all the good things that can happen when good people build good tribes and begin to speak up: "Friends! The encouragement of wonderful people like my family and the people I met through the Health 2.0 community was critical. Eugene Borukovich, my predecessor as the Health 2.0 NYC organizer, Matt Holt, Matthew Browning, Sunnie Southern, Simon Sikorski, and so many others were very important to the success we have found and making those seemingly brave steps." Thank you, and warm regards for continued success, Lea

By: Alex Fair

Alex Fair — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:12:39 +0000

Good post/ BTR LeAnna & Sandy.

I wrestled with this very idea for about a decade before I took the lead. I literally had the idea for my current creation back in 1998 but didn’t even start working on it until 2008 (sad, but true.) The site exists now, a true efficient marketplace for healthcare called FairCareMD.com.

Just a few things that helped me step off the high diving board:

1. Repeating Good Lines: I wrote this down and have it on my board still:

“I may be right, I may be wrong, but I will definitely be something”

Some lyrics written by Geddy Lee of Rush express this even better, “You can choose from phantom fears and mindless avarice. If you choose to decide, you still have made a choice.”

It is one thing to think something or hear a song, but I found it helped that when I looked up, seeing that note helped, which always promoted the Rush song in my mind, of course.

2. The Worst Advice Ever: It the penultimate moment before starting to work on the idea full time someone said to me, “Alex, don’t dream.” I laughed about this terrible advice with my Mother who is also a successful entrepreneur, CEO, and more in her own right. A few weeks later I got a little plaque from her with one word writ large: DREAM.

3. Go Public: I also had the added challenge of starting a site that plays with my own name. Just like you LeAnne, I was finding my voice as a thought leader, but putting myself out there was scary. Your advice would have been useful then, but I just mustered a little courage and when I took a few tentative steps, I found…

4. Friends! The encouragement of wonderful people like my family and the people I met through the Health 2.0 community was critical. Eugene Borukovich, my predecessor as the Health 2.0 NYC organizer, Matt Holt, Matthew Browning, Sunnie Southern, Simon Sikorski, and so many others were very important to the success we have found and making those seemingly brave steps.

Thank you for this post and BTR. I think it will help others bring their idea to market faster and encourage entrepreneurship.