Rejection is a part of life.  Whether or not we like it, it is inevitably going to come our way.  Sometimes, seemingly, during the time we try to avoid it most.  Think about a time you had to face rejection.  It may have been when you got turned down after you asked for a raise at work, asked someone out for a date, requested permission to do something, applied for a job, asked an ex to take you back, requested someone’s friendship on Facebook, or even when you asked a family member or a friend to take a look at your business opportunity.

Rejections come at many different times in our daily lives.  Many fear it, and most hate how it feels to be rejected.   The best way to deal with rejection, however, according to author of The Success Principles (Link To Book Below), Jack Canfield, is to understand that “rejection is a myth!”  It does not exist!

What this means, simply, is that when you are courageous enough to ask for something, when you get rejected, your life does not change.  It stays exactly as it was before.  If you applied to your most preferred college and did not get accepted, guess what, nothing changed about your life.  You had spent all your life without going to that college and you knew how to go about your life, so after the rejection letter, nothing really changed.  Just apply elsewhere!

Don’t be afraid of the rejections and the ‘No’s’ that come your way.  As a mater of fact, anticipate them!  I have learned that with every ‘no’ you get, a ‘yes’ gets that mush closer.  It is simply a numbers game.

So if you have an idea you want to pitch to investors, welcome the ‘nos’ that may come, for they help sort out who you should not be doing business with anyway!  When you pitch your business opportunity to new prospects and they say no, say to yourself, “so what, NEXT!” Let each rejection slip motivate you to move forward, for you are one more person closer to  the YES that you deserve!

 

People Who Got Rejected, And Kept Going: