By Raheel Afzal
Taher Shah (Eye to Eye fame) is again in the news with the hit song “Angel”. His latest song got 2 million hits on Youtube in the first 48 hours of its release and it seems to be a record for any Pakistani singer (leave the dislike count alone). If you are a struggling entrepreneur and have wasted a lot of money and time on ideas that didn’t work, learn a lesson from Taher Shah.
Screw Criticism, Stay Firm On Your Work
Both of Taher’s songs went viral on social media, all the while audiences criticized him by launching explainer videos, sarcastic tweets, and funny posts. However, Taher didn’t show any anger or frustration and didn’t lose his mind at any point. On the contrary, he said that he sang both songs to express his own feelings and thinking and for his own satisfaction.
So, just do whatever you want to do as long as you are satisfied with its execution. Failure and success is just the logical sequence of the whole process.
Don’t Be a Full Time Entrepreneur Until You Have One Big Hit
By profession, Taher is a businessman and owns a public limited company. He is more of a part-time singer who does for his own satisfaction. If you are an entrepreneur who is struggling financially but always had an idea stuck in the mind, by all means go for it.
However, don’t quit your stable job. You should put extra time to refine your idea (either it’s a product or a service), put effort into reading, researching and formulating your idea. You never know what response your consumers might have. Even if your idea fails, you will not struggle financially.
Have No Money? Optimize Your Resources
If you are not sure about the outcome of your idea, don’t spend too much on resources. In the first video Taher didn’t bother to hire a model who could act on the song, rather he performed himself (which was the root cause of the criticism).
In his latest song “Angel”, he performed himself and introduced his kid as a “Child Angel”. If you have some unique idea for a product/service but you are out of money, don’t quit. Optimize your resources and make the most efficient use of your current ones.
Be Positive, Be Optimistic
Over a dozen interviews conducted by different hosts on different channels, Taher faced very harsh and bold question but he never lost his mind and always replied in the most optimistic and positive way.
According to him, praise or criticism doesn’t matter to him, he does what he finds best for him. So, be optimistic and opportunist rather than pessimistic and gloomy. It’s the attitude that matters, not results. With a positive and optimistic attitude, even the worst situations can be converted into opportunities.
Persistence is Key!
Taher’s latest song has 2 million hits, he has 150K+ likes on Facebook Page and 46K twitter followers. He’s also gotten gotten a ton of attention getting covered by the biggest foreign news sites in the world and when he releases his new song, it will make even more waves.
So if your idea has gotten massive attention but failed, don’t give up. Work hard on the next idea for a product or service, do your research and use what you learned in your next project. Find a way to channel the hype into actual sales and all will be golden (eventually).
Author is an entrepreneur, Founder & CEO at DatumSquare IT Services. He mentors and helps new startups for their growth. He often writes tech related articles on different platforms.
Misaaaaal dene k liye koi or nahi mila tha?
Exactly.
Entrepreneurship and Tahir Shah… R u serious…..
:P good points
Positive Criticism…. Good Lesson for others.
Slow Work Day?!! :D
So does the dancers in the strip clubs…
Lagta hai content ideas khatam hogae thay
Great!
The author is a great guy who possess ‘Optimistic’ way of thinking.
on a serious note … im amazed by the Humble nature Taher Shah Manifests when being grilled by anchors / tv show hosts. goes to show how decent of a person he is ….
buhut acha lakha bat ka ye pehlo dekhne ka andaz. hazaro article parhe
but ye pahla article he jisme comment kar raha zindgi me. amazing
Thank you so much Umair for your kind words. Appreciated!
Instead of sitting on your hinnies and sharing negative comments. I agree with the author, you should think positive. Positive thinking can make you extract the best of solutions to a failed system. I dare anyone in here with negative comment to stand up and do something like Tahir Shah. Yes the song was not good, Yes the voice is not good. But you must appreciate his courage that he stood up to all of you useless, lazy and negative minds and did what his heart wanted and fulfilled his wishes. Do you have the courage to do that . No you just do this. Criticize and kill all the creativeness. All the people who gave negative, bad language, bad tempered comments. You all are losers compared to Tahir Shah. Fruit for thought for the ones who have a mind. Fuel on fire for the ones without a mind.
We have had many geniuses. And no, theres no sarcasm. Taher Shah is best example of confidence and composure when he talks about his product (songs). His aura is no less than popular company executives who represent their brands on world stage. All these no-life scum mocking him should simply get lost. They forget that an idiot called Steve told us that we were holding our iphone4 wrong.
And we have Shoaib Sheikh. Made millions just by selling pieces of papers.
ye kachra uthanay walay, mochi, phal fruit kai thalay walay, chai hotel walay khali parathay baich bacih kar lakho bna rhay hay…..aray ham log yei sab kaam achi quality aur service kai sath kar sktay hay aur lakho kamay jasaktay hay….aj jahil admi parhay likhay admi se zada kama rha hay, islye kiu kai parhay likhay admi kai hatho par mehendi lagi huui hay wo ye bhool gya hay kai Allah swt ne karobar me kai guna barkat rakhi hay.
seeda seeda kahain na kay banda baghairat hona chahiay
Wrong comparison of entrepreneurship and this disputed song in which the holy angels are shown as romantic humans. Its not an entrepreneurship idea.
well nobody can dispute with low IQ people like u.
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IQ ???
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kitni IQ hy tumhari ?
I Q ka matlab bhee pata hy ??
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wohi kaam ker
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tu online he gali day sakta hai..samnay teri peshab nikal jaye ga
you gave a good lesson author. A man who finds way in odd intuitions is a successful person.
Thanks Shams
only thanks?
Sham-ass k tattay utha ker apnay munh main daal ly !!
well this is very very bad example, I am wondering how Propakistani can go to that low level, the example and lessons are learned from successful people not from the people who are struggling. I can say that is a poor article written by non serious community
I loved the example and how you portrayed the whole idea.. really working for me.
I agree to this, and you would have to agree that this all is for the fame that he is getting undoubtedly.
The only problem with him is, his family would be hurt the most. His 15 year oldie in school would be taunted everyday for the act his father did, his wife would have trouble going to the female meetups as she might face insults and she will when she goes in public.
If you would like to get fame, and feel that you cannot do any good to receive positive fame, DO NOT GO for the negative fame, as this will only impact the people around you
Well Said. Today criticism is too easy. Just a few words for self satisfaction for those who are not “harmful”, struggling in mannered way. I am not a big fan, and even did not listen any song. Its much batter to let go, rather than spending too much time to criticize those who are at least doing.
hey