Disruptors RANT: I Got HATE Raising Money For a Life Saving Operation! [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]
Social media is often used to do great things and recently Rob used his online community to raise money for his sister’s kidney operation, however, as it often does, the dark side of social media reared its ugly head and some hate comments were fired back at Rob. In today's podcast, Rob talks us through his experience with hateful and hurtful comments online and how to learn, grow and overcome them in the future.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Set up a Go Fund Me to help pay for a private operation on a kidney for his sister, she wanted to stand on her own two feet and raise the money herself rather than rely on her brother for the money, an admirable thing to do.
- She raised a few thousand pounds in a number of days, her target was fifteen thousand pounds.
- Rob reached out to his contacts and raised a significant amount of money in a day, meaning they reached the money needed for the operation in less than 24 hours.
- Rob then received hate from a gentleman wondering why he wouldn’t just pay for the operation himself.
- Even when you use your community for good and if you raise money for someone else, people will hate you.
- They were able to use social media for good, each and every person that donated were able to feel good about themselves and feel they have achieved something for a good cause.
- Hate culture, including criticising, trolling and nasty comments is a negative side of social media.
- Don’t let the negative side of social media affect who you are, you should continue to be yourself if you believe in something strongly you should try to gather support and get global reach. Look at the positive side of social media instead of the negative.
- The bigger you get, the more hate you may receive, people will hate you the thing that is great about you. What you're scared of will probably happen anyway so you need to overcome this. If you have a good message, product, and service you will minimise the hate, but it will always be there.
BEST MOMENTS
“She wanted to stand on her own two feet, something I completely respect, love and admire about her”
“We got the money is less than a day”
“Even if you help people and change people’s lives, you are going to get hate”
“Put your message out to the masses”
[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]
VALUABLE RESOURCES
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”
“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”
CONTACT METHOD
Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/
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LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979