Here’s a snippet from Seth Godin’s post on “the forces of mediocrity“:

There’s a myth that all you need to do is outline your vision and prove it’s right—then, quite suddenly, people will line up and support you.

In fact, the opposite is true. Remarkable visions and genuine insight are always met with resistance. And when you start to make progress, your efforts are met with even more resistance. Products, services, career paths… whatever it is, the forces for mediocrity will align to stop you, forgiving no errors and never backing down until it’s over.

So many times in my time online I’ve heard things like “there’s too much competition”, “it will be too hard”, “I don’t get it”, etc. Very often, they can be right, but very often they are wrong too. How do you know when and what? Be your own judge, and at some point risk and follow your gut feeling.