You are not in this to be liked, nor for money, nor for glory! Ask yourself "WHY am I doing this?"
This campaign tip (no. 90) was published on Sunday, 31st March 2019
At an early stage - before you have traction - you're likely to have scant trust or respect from the people you are asking to change. Their life would be much easier without you. And at a later stage, should you be successful in your campaign, you need to be aware of the jealous, any for whom the old way was better before things changed, and those who think you've not gone far enough. Having gone up from 2 trains to 9 each way per day, I've still had to stand there and receive a slagging off for the poor infrequent service I'm promoting. And I've had to stand and take criticism of poor marketing of Weymouth trips because someone hadn't head about them; in truth marketing was pulled because we were already running full loaded trains.
Glory? Do the hard word, and other may come in and bask in the glory. Celebrate those who, while they may have joined once you have started the bandwagon rolling, are putting there hearts in with effective help, but beware that you'll also have those who want to be counted and seen amongst your supporters - but may be far move concerned with garnering credit to further their own ends that furthering your ends.
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Glory? Do the hard word, and other may come in and bask in the glory. Celebrate those who, while they may have joined once you have started the bandwagon rolling, are putting there hearts in with effective help, but beware that you'll also have those who want to be counted and seen amongst your supporters - but may be far move concerned with garnering credit to further their own ends that furthering your ends.
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