Let me paint a picture for you: You've been slaving away for 6 months on a site you believe will change the world (because everyone believes their shit will ch

Let me paint a picture for you: You've been slaving away for 6 months on a site you believe will change the world (because everyone believes their shit will change the world). You're finally ready to launch - you painstakingly paid attention to every little detail to make sure your site is perfect/viral/fills a need/etc. You're finally ready to take on all those users. And on day one, your traffic is crap (or, if your selling a product, you maybe make 1 sale if you're lucky). Ok, not bad you tell yourself. Things will pick up. 3 months later, your traffic is flat (or, if your selling a product, you've make 1% of the number of sales your business plan said you would). You don't think you'd freak out just a little bit? You don't think you'd have just a little bit of self-doubt in your site/product/idea to make you want to stop? I know Tipjoy is probably pretty successful, so it's hard to visualize, but trust me, it happens.