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Omar Zen home and today's episode is Q&A Wednesday.

On Q&A Wednesdays we answer a question from one of you, one of our listeners.

If you got a question you want to ask, go ahead and email me over at Omar at 100MBA. Today's question is from James and James asks,

Hey Omar, I run a annual event

that brings professionals from around the country

to my conference.

We have speakers on stage, and every year when we announce

the speakers we get a lot of hate from the people on social media. People saying

we're not showing enough diversity with our speakers. Trust me, we try, but sometimes there's just not enough diversity in our market.

How do we deal with the haters that complain about our diversity?

I find this to be a very interesting question because I actually had a similar conversation at a dinner just a few weeks ago.

I have a lot to say on this topic because a lot of people don't understand the value of diversity

don't really understand that it's actually going to help your business in more ways

than you probably imagine and it's more than just ticking a box or being PC or you know quieting the haters. But I'll also

answer the question how to deal with people's feedback. How do you deal with when people

say something about your business in public? how do you respond not only to them on

social, but how do you respond in your business? Let's get into it. Let's get down to business.

I'm sure you heard the saying, The truth hurts. The way I interpret that saying is that

when you hear something from somebody and it stings a little there's probably some

truth in there. But even if there isn't any truth and no sting at all, your response

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