Instead of focusing on arguing with people who say no, it might be easier to get near the people who like to say yes.
Success brings with it the fear of blowing it. With more to lose, there's more pressure not to lose it.
Plans are great, but missions are better.
The resistance is not something to be avoided, it's something to seek out.
You don't launch a popular blog, you build one.
Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness and the scientific method, on the other hand, create a culture of testing and inquiry that can't help but push you forward.