
At first people say, “Stop, get real, quit dreaming, be practical”, but the longer one sticks with it, eventually people start to come around and think, “Wow, he is still at this thing/cause/idea/business. If it is this important to him then maybe he’ll succeed?” They develop respect because they see how much it matters to you, and in a world that constantly feels like nothing matters, people gravitate toward people who live with a sense of “matter” because they want that same feeling for themselves. Maybe not for the same thing, but for something.