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Reject Rejection
By Glen Hopkins
How often do you feel rejected? Think about it. The person
you asked on a date said "No", a prospect said "No" to buying
the product you sell, and you're boss didn't like your 'great'
idea. The list goes on and on doesn't it? We all hear the word
"No" several times a day, and we have since we were little
children. Yet still, to this day, each time you are rejected, a
tiny piece of your self-esteem is stripped away from an
increasingly suffering self-image. Why is that?
There are two key reasons why you may be feeling rejected.
The first reason is because you are accepting what others are
saying to you. You do not have to accept everything
everyone says! For example, when someone offers you a gift
and you choose not to accept it, who then does the gift
belong to? It still belongs to the 'giver' of course. So next time
someone offers you a gift, such as a direct insult, choose not
to accept their gift and it will still belong to them! Just
because another person thinks you are a *&%!#@!!, it does
not mean you have to think it. Don't let other people choose
how you will feel.
The second reason you may feel rejected is because you
believe that when a person says "No" to you, or rejects you in
some way, they are actually rejecting you. But they are not.
What they are rejecting is your idea or simply the way you
presented your idea. Have you ever asked the same person on
a date several times and each time they said "No" and then all
of a sudden, one day, you ask that same person out and he or
she says "Yes"! Why is that? After all, you are the same
person as you were yesterday and the day before when you
heard the answer "No".
The answer is simple really, yet few people see it. The fact of
the matter is that you haven't changed in anyway. What has
changed is your approach. That is, the way in which you
presented yourself and the idea you were trying to sell. You
see, rarely do people reject people. Even when another person
thinks they are rejecting you, what they are really rejecting is
one idea that you presented to them. And even then, it often
isn't the idea, but the presentation. This is where the power of
persistence comes in! In order to be successful in any
endeavor, you must be persistent. "If at first you don't
succeed, try, try again!"
Eventually you will reach your goal and acceptance from those
who you are presenting to. The key is, to notice what isn't
working and change your approach. Keep changing your
approach until you find the one that works.
Pick any person who you believe to be extremely successful in
any area and chances are, that same person has also had
more failures and rejections in that area than most other
people. Often the only difference, is that the successful
person was persistent and understood that each failure and
rejection, brought him closer to success. Most people give up
after just one try. Don't be most people! Be persistent in
striving for whatever it is you want and don't accept every
gift that is offered to you! I guarantee that if you want
something bad enough, you will eventually get it.
By Glen Hopkins
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